Dropbox to OneDrive Business Migration Strategy for M&A.

If your company is undergoing a merger or an acquisition that necessitates a comprehensive Dropbox to OneDrive Business migration, it is important to have a proper strategy.

You must create a migration plan that aligns with what is expected out of the M&A. And a key enabler in this is a tried-and-true migration solution from a provider that has experience in M&A-focused migrations.

At CloudFuze, we have helped a lot of companies migrate between cloud platforms successfully during their mergers and acquisitions. Drawing from our experience, we have shared key action items that can help you strategize the entire process.

1. Plan the Migration as Per the M&A’s Scope

Compared to other migration use cases like cost-savings, governance, etc, M&A-led migrations do not offer much flexibility in the sense that you are limited to planning the scope of work around the M&A goals.

For example, if your company is going through a complete acquisition, you must plan the scope of work to migrate entire users and data from Dropbox. So, understand your company’s M&A goals/use case on a deep level and plan the migration scope accordingly.

2. Align the Migration With the M&A Timeline

Aligning the Dropbox to OneDrive Business migration with the M&A’s timeline is one of the most important areas to focus on. To do this, first get confirmation on the key milestones and projected deadline of the M&A. Then, plan the migration roadmap and timeline to match them.
Make sure to create buffer time slots for additional tasks like:

• Test migrations
• CSV user mapping creation
• Preparing admin login details for cloud authentication
• Creating user batches
• Validating every user batch post-migration

3. Plan Around the Unification of Data in OneDrive

When migrating to OneDrive, the org restructuring that comes with the merger or acquisition will likely require unification of data of both companies. Therefore, it becomes important to plan the approach and process of unifying the migrated Dropbox data in OneDrive.

Understand the scope of the M&A and the type of structural changes that have been planned. Based on this, you can plan changes to data ownership. It’s equally important to understand the specific kinds of data to be consolidated across both companies, such as shared team folders and others.

4. Understand If a Domain Cutover is Required

Since many mergers and acquisitions require both companies to operate under a single domain, your company may be required to perform a full domain cutover post-migration. And to do this, having a proper strategy is a must.

The strategy must include key tasks like reconfiguring user identities, email routing, making changes to content ownership, and more. Also, make sure to validate the domain cutover once completed.

5. Perform Post-Migration Integration as Per the M&A’s Scope

To realize the value from Dropbox to OneDrive Business migration, performing a comprehensive post-migration integration is highly important. While it may seem similar to a domain cutover, a proper post-migration integration goes beyond the data.

It also involves standardizing security and legal policies and compliance, eliminating duplication of licenses and tools, ensuring operational integration across various departments, and more.

Planning to Perform Dropbox to OneDrive Business Migration for M&A?

If your business is undergoing a merger or acquisition that requires you to migrate users, data, and metadata from Dropbox to OneDrive, we have got you covered! With our advanced Dropbox to OneDrive migration tool, you can align the migration with the scope and goals of the M&A project.

We have vast experience in catering to complex M&A use cases and creating migration success stories for global companies. Explore our case studies to learn more.

Connect with us for a free demo or consultation on migration planning and how our solutions can help you achieve M&A-led migration success!

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. How to migrate from Dropbox to OneDrive Business during a merger or acquisition?

One of the best practices is to plan Dropbox to OneDrive for Business migration according to the goals and objectives of the merger or acquisition. Equally important is to use a proven cloud migration tool that can help you transfer all users and data seamlessly and securely.

2. What is the importance of data migration in mergers and acquisitions?

Data migration is a critical component of every merger and acquisition. It is only through a well-planned migration that ensuring unification of cohesiveness of data, users, and collaboration structures is possible.

3. What is the best migration service provider for mergers and acquisitions?

At CloudFuze, we have a high level of expertise in M&A-led migrations as we have helped a lot of companies migrate successfully during their M&As. Our tools and managed migration service scale to M&A-driven migrations of all sizes and complexities.