Product Activation
After purchasing Essentials, you will receive an email with the link to the product download and the activation code to activate the product.
1.Once installation has been completed, upon starting the Essentials application for the first time, you will be presented with a Registration Screen. Enter your activation code in the allotted space, and select to Activate Manually.
2Use the information in the following to determine the appropriate License Validation option to select.
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NOTE: Most systems can use the Online activation method as long as the system has internet access. If you are unable to use the online activation method due to security settings or lack of internet access, the Offline activation option can be used. This option will still require some internet access, but allows for the authentication to be done from another machine that is not as restricted by security or has a connection to the internet. |
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a)Select Activate Offline. You will be presented with a window that details the instructions on how to obtain your license manually in the case that the machine on which Essentials has been installed does not have access to the internet. Upon clicking Ok, your internet browser will be opened. if you do not have access to the internet, then simply copy the URL in the address bar and paste it into the browser of a machine with an active internet connection. This will give you access to your license data. b)Follow the instructions on the Offline Activation web page to activate your license. c)Once you have copied the license data, and closed the license data window, you will be redirected to the Offline Activation page. Paste the license data into the area marked Activation Text. Click Activate. If activation was successful you will be redirected to the successful activation page. Here you must either copy the Activation Text. |
3.Return to the Essentials Registration Screen. An Enter License Data window will have opened, paste the activation text here, and select Apply.
The license should appear in the License box and the Activation Status bar should turn green and display "License is Valid". Your license has been activated, you may now click Close and use the Essentials console.
Tool Overview
Quest® Essentials for Office 365 offers a complete solution for Office 365 pre-migration analysis, migration, and management.
Key Features include:
·mass and small scope migrations:
obetween Office 365 locations
oto Office 365 locations from non-SharePoint locations
·backups for Office 365 locations
·pre-migration analyses and validations
·lifecycle management for Office 365.
Pre-migration analysis support
Essentials for Office 365 enables you to perform pre-migration analyses for the following platforms:
·SharePoint Online
·OneDrive for Business
·Google Drive
·Box
·Dropbox
·File Shares
Migration support
The following matrix identifies the source/target combinations that Quest Essentials supports.
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Quest Essentials is optimized for migrations to and from Microsoft 365. While it used to be possible to migrate to/from SharePoint on premises, Quest recommends that you use Content Matrix, a tool that specializes in SharePoint on premises migrations, including migrations from SharePoint on premises to SharePoint Online. |
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Office 365 Groups |
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For Additional Office 365 Tenant to Tenant Migrations:
Quest offers On Demand Migration, a SaaS tool that offers Office 365 tenant-to-tenant migration for mailboxes, One Drive for Business, SharePoint Online, Microsoft Teams, and more.
General Tool Configuration
Essentials for Office 365 offers a complete solution for Office 365 pre-migration analysis, migration and management.
This user guide provides users with an in-depth overview of the various features of the product, the ways in which to perform specific functions, as well as instructions for particular use-case scenarios.
Minimum Requirements
Our desktop tool is a multi-threaded/multi-tasking application. As such, available system memory is the most critical parameter for optimal performance.
Hardware
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Processor |
Intel Core i7 |
Intel Core i9, X-Series or higher |
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Memory |
16 GB |
32 GB |
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Disk Drives |
Dual hybrid disk drives C: OS, Program Files, D: Data Files |
Dual SSD drives C: OS and Program Files D: Data Files |
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Network Card |
100 Mbps |
1Gbps |
Software
·Windows 10 or higher
·Java 11
NOTE: if Java 11 is not already installed on your workstation, you can download the latest developers version (jdk-11.0.0.) here.
Select Windows 11/x64 Java Development Kit (sha 256)
Once downloaded, extract the files to to a directory on your workstation (e.g., C:\Tools (which will create the folder jdk-11.0.2)).
You will be asked for the path to the installation folder during the Essentials installation.
·Disable anti-virus software or disable scanning of Quest Essentials Program, Program Folder, and Data folders