Quest Software has introduced Quest OnDemand Migration for Email, which helps organisations migrate from on-premise Microsoft Exchange or Google Gmail environments to the Microsoft Office 365 cloud email platform, enabling them to leverage the functionality and convenience presented by the cloud.

With Quest OnDemand Migration for Email users and data can be simply and securely moved without requiring companies to install or maintain software for the move.

The offering suits the small businesses, distributed enterprises, and even educational institutions that want to migrate student and staff users and data from Exchange or Gmail to the Live@edu cloud email platform.

For administrators, the Quest OnDemand Migration for Email Administrator Edition provides multi-threaded migration to support multiple, simultaneous migrations; the flexibility to migrate email, calendars and folders in a phased approach;

In addition administrators can filter data to clean up unwanted data and complete the migration faster by filtering email data and calendar events by age, excluding source email folders by name , or changing the destination folder name and mailbox authentication is given to authorized administrators who can migrate user mailboxes without knowing or resetting user passwords.

The Quest OnDemand Migration for Email Self-service Edition offers users with easy set-up, which allows the migration project leader to specify the email addresses of users who need to migrate; simplified self-migration, email notification prompts the user to complete the migration using only their email address and password.

The Quest OnDemand Migration for Email Self-service Edition offers users with contextual help according to the screen the user is currently viewing, migration project monitoring keeps the project leader apprised of who has and hasn’t migrated.

Quest Windows vice-president and general manager Nick Nikols said Quest have enhanced the OnDemand offerings by taking our leadership and expertise in migration to the next level.

"Quest OnDemand Migration for Email migrates email users and data quickly and reliably without on-premise deployment, ensures the security of confidential data during the migration, and provides pay-as-you-go options so the investment can be spread over time. Quest truly is moving the migration market forward with everything we deliver in OnDemand Migration for Email," said Nikols.