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Quest Migration Assessment Tool

Evaluate Platforms & Plan Your Move with a Free Customized Exchange Migration Assessment

The Quest Migration Assessment Tool provides a customized assessment and expert guidance for migrating to Exchange 2010 or Exchange Online. Whether you are migrating from Gmail or on-premises Exchange, this free, browser-based application delivers expert guidance and best practice suggestions to ensure a successful migration that is on time and under budget. It will also help you minimize the migration’s impact on your organization and end users.

    Each assessment includes:
  • A customized side-by-side feature comparison to help you evaluate each messaging platform
  • A current inventory of Exchange 2003/2007 servers, including statistics and charts on users, mailboxes, public folders, storage, mobile devices and more!

Features

  • Easy Access – Provides free access to browser-based application with no software required, enabling you to spend time doing the evaluation instead of installing tools.
  • Message Platform Comparison – Offers side-by-side comparisons of your current Exchange 2003 or 2007 platform to Exchange 2010, Gmail for business and Exchange Online to help you choose your next messaging platform. Comparisons include feature trade-offs, approximate platform costs and potential areas for savings if investing in on-premises solution.
  • Customized Assessment – Gathers and displays information about your current on-premises Exchange deployment, including an inventory of servers, mailboxes, public folders and mobile devices, to provide custom insight for pre-migration planning.
  • Secure Assure – Securely gather and store all data collected about your mail system during the customized assessment on your computer.
  • Migration Expert Guidance – Provides links to migration resources that offer best practices for a successful migration, including white papers, technical briefs, on-demand webcasts and communities.

Sys Reqs

The following are prerequisites for comparing your current messaging usage against other systems.

    Supported Operating Systems:
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2003 Server R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows XP
  • Microsoft Vista
  • Microsoft Windows 7
    Supported Browsers:
  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later
  • Mozilla FireFox 3.6 or later
  • Google Chrome 7.0 or later
    Additional required software:
  • Microsoft Silverlight 4.0 or later
  • Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 or later
  • Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1 or later
  • If you have Exchange 2007 servers: Exchange 2007 Management Shell or Exchange Management Console for Exchange 2007 Exchange 2003 servers must be configured to accept requests from QMAT:
    • WMI must be enabled to access mailbox and public folder data
    • DCOM must be enabled on your computer

Screenshots

QMAT Home Page

QMAT Home Page

From the home page, quickly compare the major features of each messaging system, or optionally connect to your mail system to get a customized report.

Platform Comparison

Platform Comparison

Easily view a side-by-side summary comparison of the important aspects of major messaging platforms, and get more details as needed.

Customized Comparison

Customized Comparison

Optionally connect to your organization and view a customized comparison of your mail system and those you are thinking of migrating to.

Inventory Assessment

Inventory Assessment

All data collected about your mail system is securely gathered and stored only on your computer.

Mailbox Inventory Report

Mailbox Inventory Report

Get a customized inventory report of your key mail system resources that could be part of a migration.

Storage Inventory Report

Storage Inventory Report

Get a customized inventory report of your key mail system resources that could be part of a migration.

Mobile Inventory Report

Mobile Inventory Report

Get a customized inventory report of your key mail system resources that could be part of a migration.