What is VaultMe for Admins

Product overview

VaultMe for Admins is an automated self-service tool for migrating user content, such as emails, files, contacts, and calendars, between online accounts.

It is typically used by administrators performing migrations on behalf of an organization and by managed service providers. It works best for migrations involving multiple accounts, where migrating each account individually is labor-intensive.

VaultMe for Admins is a cloud-based tool that does not require download and installation.

What VaultMe for Admins can be used for

• Migrating user content (emails, files, contacts, and calendars) between cloud-hosted accounts
• Migrating shared files between cloud-hosted accounts

What VaultMe for Admins cannot be used for

• Transferring content to or from on-premise accounts
• Creating and setting up user accounts in the destination
• Transferring file or account ownership
• Transferring domains
• Regaining access to inaccessible accounts
• Transferring content from inactive or archived accounts
• Exporting or importing data in downloadable formats
  

What VaultMe for Admins supports

• Migrations to and from business-grade and personal accounts
• Migrations between accounts belonging to the same domain
• Migrations between accounts belonging to different domains
• Migrations to and from accounts hosted by the same provider
• Migrations to and from accounts hosted by different providers
• Bulk migrations
• Admin authorization
• Individual authorization of user accounts without admin permissions
• Comprehensive pre-migration checks
• Delta syncs for updates post-migration
• Detailed item-level reporting

What VaultMe for Admins does not support

• Migrating user content to or from on-premise accounts
• Recreating the sharing permissions of documents
• Migrating content directly to SharePoint libraries (but there are workarounds)

Common migration scenarios

VaultMe for Admins is a flexible tool that supports businesses in various scenarios:

1. Switching from one service provider to another.
   Organizations moving from one cloud provider to another can transfer user content to new accounts.
   
2. Consolidating business accounts after mergers and acquisitions.
   When organizations sell or acquire another company, VaultMe for Admins can be used to migrate user content from one organization to another, unifying accounts under a single domain or collaboration platform.
   
3. Onboarding and offboarding employees.
   During onboarding, content from a previous work account can be migrated to a new company account. During offboarding, user content can be migrated to another internal account for retention.
   
4. Archiving accounts that are no longer in use.
   Administrators can migrate content from inactive or soon-to-be-deleted accounts into archival accounts to preserve historical business content for future access or compliance purposes.