Microsoft Office 365 for Enterprises Deployment Guide
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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. 2 Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Guide for Enterprises | September 2011 Table of Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.1 About Office 365 for Enterprises ................................................................................................................ 8 1.2 How to Read This Guide ................................................................................................................................ 8 1.3 Assumed Knowledge ...................................................................................................................................... 9 1.4 Document Scope and Limits ..................................................................................................................... 10 1.5 Feedback .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 2 Deployment Overview .......................................................................................................... 12 2.1 Deployment Phases ...................................................................................................................................... 12 2.2 Sample Deployment Schedule ................................................................................................................. 13 2.2.1 Deployment Checkpoints ................................................................................................................... 13 2.3 Customer Responsibilities .......................................................................................................................... 13 2.4 Microsoft Online Services Portal ............................................................................................................. 15 2.5 Administration Roles .................................................................................................................................... 16 2.5.1 Partner Delegated Administrators .................................................................................................. 17 2.6 Deployment Project Support .................................................................................................................... 17 2.7 Key Pre-deployment Considerations ..................................................................................................... 18 2.7.1 License Validation ................................................................................................................................. 18 2.7.2 Roles-Based Security and Administration .................................................................................... 18 2.7.3 Deployment Impacts to Customer Organization ...................................................................... 19 2.7.4 Assessing Service Features and Organizational Requirements ........................................... 19 2.7.5 Application Integration and Supported Interfaces ................................................................... 20 2.7.6 Migration Groups .................................................................................................................................. 20 3 Plan Phase .............................................................................................................................. 22 3.1 Key Activities Summary ............................................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Kickoff Meeting .............................................................................................................................................. 23 3.3 Customer Environment Discovery .......................................................................................................... 23 3.3.1 Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool ....................................................................................... 24 3 Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Guide for Enterprises | September 2011 3.3.2 Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit ............................................................................... 25 3.4 Pilot Deployment .......................................................................................................................................... 25 3.5 Key Planning Considerations .................................................................................................................... 26 3.5.1 Long Lead Time Items ......................................................................................................................... 26 3.5.2 Client Hardware and Software Requirements ............................................................................ 26 3.5.3 Migration Support for Existing Mail Environments .................................................................. 27 3.6 Networking and Naming Services Planning ....................................................................................... 27 3.6.1 Adding a Domain .................................................................................................................................. 28 3.6.2 External DNS Records .......................................................................................................................... 28 3.6.3 Third-Party SSL Certificates ............................................................................................................... 30 3.6.4 Ports and Protocols .............................................................................................................................. 33 3.6.5 Firewall Considerations ....................................................................................................................... 34 3.6.6 WAN Accelerators ................................................................................................................................. 34 3.6.7 Hardware and Software Load Balancing Devices ...................................................................... 34 3.6.8 Internet Bandwidth Planning ............................................................................................................ 34 3.7 User Identity and Account Provisioning Planning ............................................................................ 38 3.7.1 Adding and Provisioning User Accounts ...................................................................................... 38 3.7.2 User License Activation ....................................................................................................................... 39 3.7.3 Active Directory Synchronization ...................................................................................................