Cloud Migration —On-Prem to Azure.
Retire the server room. We move your servers, identity, files, and databases from on-premises to Microsoft Azure — with minimal downtime, no data loss, and a clean exit from ageing hardware.
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Why Move to Azure?
Your server room is a liability you can retire.
On-premises servers age, fail, and demand constant maintenance, power, and replacement budgets. Worse, they're a single point of failure — and a security and backup risk that grows every year.
Moving to Azure turns that capital expense and risk into a predictable, scalable service — accessible from anywhere, backed by Microsoft's global infrastructure, and managed by us so you never think about hardware again.
Migration without the horror stories
Migrations earn their scary reputation when they're rushed or unplanned. We do the opposite: assess everything first, migrate in careful waves, and validate at every step — so cutover is a non-event, not a disaster.
What We Migrate
Every on-prem workload has a home in Azure.
From identity to infrastructure, we move the systems your business runs on into the cloud — properly.
Active Directory → Entra ID & Intune
Modernise identity — move from on-prem domain controllers to cloud-managed Entra ID and Intune, so devices and access are managed from anywhere, not just the office.
File Servers → Azure Files
Retire that ageing file server. We move your shares to Azure Files — secure, accessible from anywhere, automatically backed up, with no hardware to maintain.
Servers & VMs → Azure VMs
Lift-and-shift your physical, VMware, or Hyper-V servers into Azure virtual machines — same applications, no more hardware refresh cycles or server-room risk.
SQL Server → Azure SQL
Move your databases to fully managed Azure SQL — high availability, automated backups, and patching handled, without a server to babysit.
Remote Desktop → Azure Virtual Desktop
Replace on-prem RDS or Citrix with Azure Virtual Desktop — secure, scalable desktops your team reaches from anywhere, with nothing running in your building.
Backup & DR → Azure
Move backup and disaster recovery off tapes and local NAS to Azure Backup and Site Recovery — offsite, tested, and ready when you actually need it.
We also migrate:
Line-of-business applications
Print, DNS & DHCP services
Hyper-V & VMware hosts
Web & application servers
Legacy & end-of-life systems
What Comes Across
Everything moves —
not just the inbox.
A real migration brings your whole email life with you, and leaves your team set up and ready to work.
All Mail & Folder Structure
Every email and your full folder hierarchy — preserved exactly as it was, all the way back.
Calendars & Contacts
Appointments, recurring meetings, and address books move too — we handle the export and import so nothing's left behind.
No-Downtime Cutover
We run old and new in parallel and switch over carefully — so mail keeps flowing and nothing bounces.
DNS & Mailflow Setup
MX, SPF, DKIM, and DMARC configured properly — so your email lands in inboxes, not spam folders.
Outlook & Device Setup
Every user's Outlook, phone, and mail app reconfigured and tested — your team logs in and just keeps working.
Our Proven Process
A smooth move in four steps
in four step.
Carefully sequenced so your data is safe and your team barely notices the switch.
Assess & Plan
We audit your mailboxes, data size, and current provider, then choose the right migration method and map out a cutover plan around your schedule.
Prepare Microsoft 365
We set up or ready your tenant, verify your domains, assign licences, and pre-configure security and mailflow before any data moves.
Migrate the Data
We sync mail, calendars, and contacts into Microsoft 365 in the background — your team keeps using their current email the whole time.
Cutover & Support
We switch your MX records, reconfigure every device, do a final sync to catch the last messages, and support your team as they settle in.
Is This You?
Signs your email is holding you back
Email problems creep up quietly until they cost you a deal or a night's sleep. If any of these ring true, it's time to move.
You're using personal Gmail for business
A [email protected] address undercuts trust — and you don't truly own or control it.
Mailboxes keep hitting their limit
Tiny web-host storage quotas mean constant "mailbox full" errors and deleted history.
Your email lands in spam
Poorly configured DNS means your messages get flagged — or never arrive at all.
No shared calendars or contacts
Your team can't see each other's availability or share a company address book.
Common Starting Points
What we move you off
Whatever your current email looks like, we've migrated it before. These are the providers we move businesses off most often.
cPanel
GoDaddy
Bluehost
Personal Gmail
Google Drive
Outlook.com
Yahoo
On-Prem Exchange
Rackspace
Zoho Mail
You keep your address
Your domain and email addresses stay the same — only the platform behind them changes.
We manage it afterwards
Once you're on Microsoft 365, we can run and secure it for you long-term.
Why TechSalty?
Email migrations done without the drama.
Just like salt brings out the best in every dish — careful planning brings out the best in a migration.
Microsoft Certified
Exchange Online and Microsoft 365 are our specialty — we do these migrations all the time, not once in a while.
No Noticeable Downtime
Parallel running and planned cutovers mean your team keeps emailing right through the move.
Nothing Left Behind
Every email, folder, calendar, and contact comes across — your full history, intact.
Deliverability Done Right
We set SPF, DKIM, and DMARC properly so your mail reaches inboxes instead of spam folders.
FAQs
Email Migration, answered
The questions businesses ask us most before moving their email to Microsoft 365.
Will we lose any of our old emails?
No. We migrate a full copy of your mail and folder structure into Microsoft 365 while your existing email stays untouched, then run a final sync at cutover to catch anything that arrived during the move. Your old mailbox isn't deleted until you've confirmed everything is present and correct in the new system, so there's always a safety net.
Will our email stop working during the migration?
No — that's the whole point of doing it carefully. We copy your data in the background while you keep using your current email normally. The only real change is the cutover, when we switch your MX records to Microsoft 365, and we schedule that for a quiet time. Because old and new run in parallel around the switch, messages keep flowing and nothing bounces.
Do our calendars and contacts come across too?
Yes. From an Exchange or Google source, calendars and contacts migrate alongside your mail automatically. From a plain IMAP or webmail source — like cPanel hosting — email migrates directly, while calendars and contacts are exported and imported separately, which we handle for you. Either way, you arrive in Microsoft 365 with your appointments and address book intact.
What about shared mailboxes and distribution lists?
We migrate those too. Shared mailboxes (like info@ or accounts@), distribution groups, and aliases are all recreated in Microsoft 365 with the right permissions, so your team carries on exactly as before. We map all of this during the assessment so nothing is missed when we cut over.
Why should we move off personal Gmail for our business?
A few important reasons. A personal address like [email protected] looks unprofessional and undermines trust with clients. More seriously, you don't really own or control it — if the account is lost or locked, so is your business communication, and you can't manage it centrally or apply business-grade security. Moving to email on your own domain gives you ownership, professional branding, shared calendars, proper security, and the ability to add or remove staff cleanly.
How long does an email migration take?
For most small businesses, the whole project runs from a few days to about two weeks, depending on the number of mailboxes and how much email history there is. The data copy happens in the background over that period without affecting you, and the actual cutover is brief. After an assessment we'll give you a clear timeline and a cutover date that suits your schedule.
Will everyone need to set up Outlook and their phone again?
There's a little setup after cutover, but we handle the heavy lifting. We reconfigure Outlook on computers, set up mail on phones, and confirm each person can send and receive before we consider the migration done. With Microsoft 365's Autodiscover, most accounts configure almost automatically — and we're there to support anyone who hits a snag.
Let's Talk
Let's get your email onto Microsoft 365.
Book a free migration call — tell us what you're on today and we'll map a safe, no-drama path to professional email on Exchange Online.
30 minutes · No commitment ·We'll confirm exactly what comes across