Struggling with On-Premises Exchange Migration? Here’s What Helped Me

[IEnzoDoSeo]

Hey everyone,
I’ve been working on migrating mailboxes from an On-Premises Exchange Server (mix of 2013 & 2016) to a newer setup, and honestly, the manual methods have been a nightmare. Some of the biggest problems I ran into were:

• Downtime and user complaints during migration
  
• Large mailboxes hitting limits and failing mid-transfer
  
• Public folders losing hierarchy
  
• Too much dependency on PowerShell scripts (one wrong command and it’s chaos)
  
• No straightforward way to handle cross-version migrations without doing multiple hops
  

At first, I tried the native options like cutover and staged migrations, but they were either too complex, slow, or caused interruptions. For a mid-sized environment, it just wasn’t practical.
Eventually, I gave Shoviv Exchange Migration Tool a try, and it solved most of these headaches:

• Migrated directly from older Exchange versions to newer ones without double-hop
  
• No downtime since it supports incremental migration
  
• Preserved all hierarchy, metadata, permissions, and attachments
  
• Easy to handle bulk mailbox migration with a simple GUI (no endless scripting)
  
• If a migration gets interrupted, it resumes right where it left off
  

For anyone stuck in the same boat, this tool made the whole process way smoother. You can check it out here:
Shoviv Exchange Migration Tool
Has anyone else here tried third-party tools for Exchange migration? I’d be curious to know what worked (or didn’t) for you.