The deployment phase is a very important part in implementing Office 365. It is where you set up and start using your products based on the requirements of your organization.
When you start planning your deployment of Office 365, it is advised that you follow the best practices described in the following steps:
- Start of the project: This stage is initiated when the planning phase described earlier in this chapter ends and it is accepted. At this time, the project manager starts coordinating the activities of the team and starts providing feedback to the sponsor of the project.
- Assessment: At this stage, the planning team starts to create an inventory of all areas needed in the on-premises environment that could necessitate updates to the infrastructure. This step is essential in order to avoid problems with the deployment, and requires configuring the relevant features...