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Office 365 Deployment
Applies to: Office 365 Deployment Guide for Enterprises
Topic Last Modified: 2013-03-22
The Office 365 deployment library contains resources and guides to help you understand the requirements and workflows for deploying Office 365 to your organization.
The easiest way to start an Office 365 deployment is to use a pilot. The Office 365 Deployment Center provides step-by-step instructions to build a pilot that will grow into a full deployment. After the pilot phase of the deployment, the following table summarizes the environment requirements and configurations for the three types of Office 365 deployments: Basic, Advanced, and Dedicated Plans. Be aware that each of these deployment scenarios is associated with a particular Office 365 subscription plan. For help with selecting an Office 365 plan, consult the Plan Advisor Tool.
| Deployment Type | Applicable plans | User accounts | Email routing | Application interoperability | Migration |
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| Midsize Business & Enterprise (Plan E1) Midsize Business & Enterprise (Plan E3) | All new Office 365 user accounts are created in the cloud. User authentication is managed through Office 365. | Email is routed to and from Office 365. | Exchange Web Services (EWS) may be used for application integration with Office 365. | Email data may be migrated either in a one-time migration event or in a series of migrations that take place over a short period of time. Afterward, no mailboxes are left on-premises. | |
| Midsize Business & Enterprise (Plan E1) Midsize Business & Enterprise (Plan E3) | New and existing user accounts are synchronized from an on-premises Active Directory. Single sign-on is an option for user authentication. | Email can be routed to and from Office 365 or can use a shared domain namespace with an existing email solution. | Application integration with on-premises Exchange servers is a requirement. | User and email data is migrated in a phased deployment to Office 365. Organizations have the option to move Exchange mailboxes back and forth between the Office 365 cloud and on-premises environments. | |
| Dedicated plans* | New and existing user accounts are synchronized from the on-premises Active Directory. User authentication is managed through Active Directory trust relationships. | Email routing is customized based on business or technical requirements. | Application interoperability is customized based on business or technical requirements. | User and email data migration is based on an integrated migration schedule. |
*Consult your Microsoft sales representative to learn more about Office 365-dedicated subscription plans.
Office 365 brings you our full suite of communications and collaboration offerings. Office 365 includes the following services:
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Exchange Online
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SharePoint Online
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Lync Online
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Office 365 ProPlus
Detailed information about the features of the Office 365 services is available in the service descriptions and the Office 365 Dedicated Plans Service Descriptions. For information about deploying Office 365 ProPlus, see Deploy Office Professional Plus for Office 365.
Information about all Office 365 subscription plans is available at the Office 365 plans page.
Have fewer than 25 users? Office 365 Small Business might be the best solution for your organization.
