Summary

This article provides a summary for Exchange Migration from Existing Exchange to Hosted Exchange Managed by MachPanel.

Applies To

Steps to perform Migration

• Navigate to Home >> Service Director >> Exchange Hosting >> Server group and then click on Edit.
• Click to expand the Optional settings section and Set Platform Access Domain in MachPanel Server Group Configuration as per KB: http://kb.machsol.com/Knowledgebase/Article/50336. See the snapshot below:

• Enable “Create email alias on provider domain” in your service plan which needs to be sold to your customer.

• In MachPanel, create new customer account using original SMTP/Accepted Domain "contoso.com".
• An alias / temporary accepted domain will be automatically added with this subscription and every time you create a new mailbox, an alias for that mailbox will be added to your provider domain.  
• Mails can be migrated from client’s current exchange to hosted mailboxes created in MachPanel using the mailbox alias created on provider domain.   
• Once migration has been completed, the aliases can be removed and original mailbox will start working as needed.

• In MachPanel, provision new customer account using temporary SMTP/Accepted Domain "contosotemp.com".
• Migrated emails from clients current exchange to hosted mailboxes created in MachPanel.
• In MachPanel, add new SMTP/accepted domain "contoso.com" to customer and configure as primary using control panel.
• Using MachPanel change primary SMTP mailbox from "contosotemp.com" to "contoso.com". Snapshot below highlights your required section in “Group Actions”.

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• Remove domain “contosotemp.com"