How to Migrate from 4SecureMail to Office 365?

4SecureMail is an email hosting company based in the United States, which provides email services along with numerous features including spam filter, anti-virus protection, SSL encryption, custom domain, and secure webmail. Despite offering these many features, 4SecureMail may have limitations in terms of scalability and flexibility, particularly for growing businesses or organizations with evolving needs. Hence users prefer migrating to other email hosting providers such as Office 365 in search of a more extensive range of features and functionalities, such as advanced email management tools, improved collaboration options, better integration with other software or apps, and more customization options. In this article, we will discuss how to migrate from 4SecureMail to Office 365.

What Are the Advantages of Migrating from 4SecureMail to Office 365?

There are various advantages of migrating from 4SecureMail to Office 365. Here are some of them.

• Microsoft 365/ Office 365 offers a wide range of productivity tools, including popular applications such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, designed to streamline workflow and improve overall productivity for individuals and teams.
• Office 365 offers robust collaboration features, including real-time co-authoring, shared document editing, and tools such as Microsoft Teams, Yammer, SharePoint, Planner, and OneDrive. These features and tools enable teams to work collaboratively on documents, projects, and tasks in real-time, facilitating effective teamwork and communication.
• Microsoft 365/ Office 365 comes with 50GB of mail storage on all its plans, as well as OneDrive, which offers 1TB of cloud storage and can be increased further depending on the licensing plan.
• Microsoft 365/ Office 365 provides advanced security features, including data encryption, threat intelligence, multi-factor authentication, and advanced threat protection, to safeguard user data and protect against cyber threats. It also helps organizations meet various compliance requirements, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and ISO 27001, making it suitable for businesses with strict security and compliance needs.
• Microsoft 365/ Office 365 offers a wide range of AI features, including intelligent assistance, automation, and insights across various applications such as Smart Lookup, PowerPoint Designer, Editor, Excel Insights, MyAnalytics, Outlook Email Insights, and Translator.

Steps for Migrating Emails from 4SecureMail to Office 365

Follow these steps to migrate emails from 4SecureMail to Office 365.

• Assign licenses for Microsoft 365/ Office 365 to users who are being migrated from 4SecureMail.
• Add the 4SecureMail domain to Microsoft 365/ Office 365 and create user profiles.
• Create an Excel migration file with a list of user mailboxes, using the mailbox admin credentials and usernames.
• Use the 4SecureMail server details, such as SMTP and IMAP, to create an endpoint in the Exchange admin center.
• Create migration batches and initiate the migration process.
• After the migration task is completed, users can verify if they can send and receive emails to confirm a successful migration from 4SecureMail to Office 365.
• Update DNS records to route emails from 4SecureMail mailboxes to Microsoft 365/ Office 365.
• Upon successful routing of emails to Microsoft 365/ Office 365 mailboxes, stop the mailbox synchronization and delete migration batches from the Exchange admin center.

Apps4Rent Can Help with 4SecureMail to Office 365 Migration

Migrating from 4SecureMail to Office 365 presents businesses with a strategic opportunity to streamline their communication and collaboration workflows, enhance security, scale their operations, reduce costs, and leverage the latest productivity tools.

As a Microsoft Solutions Partner, Apps4Rent provides Microsoft 365 licenses and offers seamless Office 365 email migration services for businesses looking to migrate their emails from various third-party email providers such as 4SecureMail to Office 365. Reach out to our Microsoft-certified migration experts, who are available 24/7 via phone, chat, and email for assistance.