Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition — Phased Identity Migration
IT Partner’s Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service helps organizations undergoing mergers, acquisitions, or restructuring migrate or transition user identities, resources, and configurations from one Microsoft Entra ID tenant to another in a phased manner. Service details from the source page: SKU ITPWW425MIGOT, price $1300 + $2 per user, duration 20 days, manager Roman Sotnik.
What this engagement is
This service supports a staged transition from one Entra ID tenant to another. It is designed for organizations that need to consolidate or reorganize Entra ID environments while reducing risk and user disruption. The source describes a phased approach intended to support access to both old and new environments during the transition, maintain application dependencies, align with security requirements, and support collaboration between source and target tenants. The service is categorized under Microsoft Azure and Migration. Source page date: 2023-08-01. Contact options listed in the source: +1-855-700-0365, sales@o365hq.com, Request a Call at https://forms.office.com/r/atB1RqFeK6, and Message via Teams at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=mym@itpartner365.com.
Success criteria
What you receive
How the work unfolds
Kickoff and scope confirmation — confirm source and target tenants, business drivers, user counts, migration waves, timing constraints, key stakeholders, and success criteria for the staged transition.
Discovery and inventory — review users, groups, administrative roles, domains, identity synchronization dependencies, authentication methods, conditional access policies, enterprise applications, app registrations, and permission dependencies relevant to the transition.
Transition design — define the staged migration approach, identity mapping, naming and UPN strategy, group and permission handling, coexistence requirements, pilot group, cutover windows, validation approach, and rollback or remediation checkpoints.
Target tenant readiness — prepare the target Entra ID tenant configuration needed for the agreed scope, including baseline identity settings, administrative access, security configuration alignment, required domains or domain planning, and migration tooling readiness where applicable.
Pilot stage — migrate or transition a controlled pilot group of users, groups, and permissions; validate sign-in, access, group membership, application access dependencies, and administrative visibility before broader rollout.
Staged migration waves — execute approved migration waves for in-scope users, groups, permissions, and related Entra ID configurations, with progress tracking and issue remediation between waves.
Cutover coordination — coordinate final identity, access, and configuration updates needed for each wave or final transition event, including user communication support and validation checkpoints.
Validation and remediation — verify that migrated identities, groups, and permissions are present and functioning in the target tenant, review exceptions, and remediate issues within the agreed engagement scope.
Knowledge transfer and closeout — provide a summary of completed activities, known exceptions, recommended next steps, and operational handover guidance for the client’s administrators.
Prerequisites
Who does what
IT Partner
- Lead project kickoff, confirm the agreed scope, and document the staged transition approach.
- Perform discovery of in-scope Entra ID identities, groups, permissions, configuration dependencies, and application access dependencies.
- Prepare a migration wave plan and validation checklist for the staged tenant-to-tenant transition.
- Provide technical guidance on identity mapping, UPN and domain planning, group and permission handling, and coexistence considerations.
- Configure in-scope target tenant settings required for the staged transition, subject to approved access and permissions.
- Execute pilot and production migration waves for in-scope users, groups, permissions, resources, and configurations as defined in the service scope.
- Monitor migration progress, identify exceptions, and provide remediation guidance for issues within the agreed service scope.
- Coordinate cutover activities with the client technical team and provide status updates during migration phases.
- Validate migrated objects and access outcomes against the agreed checklist.
- Provide closeout notes, known exceptions, and recommended next steps after completion.
Your team
- Provide timely administrative access, approvals, and tenant permissions required for the engagement.
- Assign a business owner, technical owner, and decision makers who are available during discovery, pilot, cutover, and validation phases.
- Provide accurate source and target tenant information, user lists, group lists, application inventories, privileged account lists, and known dependency documentation.
- Confirm the in-scope population, migration waves, pilot users, success criteria, and acceptable change windows.
- Manage internal business communications to users, help desk teams, application owners, and leadership unless otherwise separately scoped.
- Provide DNS access and domain ownership validation when custom domain or UPN transition work is required.
- Ensure required Microsoft licenses, subscriptions, and third-party tools are available before migration activities begin.
- Coordinate with application owners to validate application access, SSO dependencies, provisioning integrations, and any required application-side changes.
- Test and approve pilot and production wave outcomes, including user sign-in, access, group membership, and critical business workflows.
- Make client-side changes that are outside IT Partner’s authorized access or agreed scope, including endpoint, network, application, or third-party system changes.
- Provide timely feedback on exceptions and approve remediation decisions that may affect user access or security posture.
What's not included
Limitations & technical notes
Frequently asked questions
What is IT Partner’s Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service?
IT Partner’s Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service helps organizations move or transition Microsoft Entra ID identities, resources, and configurations from one tenant to another in phases. It is designed for mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring, or tenant consolidation scenarios where a lower-risk transition is needed.
What is included in the Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service?
The service includes a step-by-step migration plan, staged transition of user identities, Entra ID-related resources, and configurations, and migration of users, groups, and permissions between Microsoft Entra ID tenants. It also includes support for phased access to both the old and new environments during the transition, because the service is intended to reduce disruption while the organization moves between tenants.
How long does the Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition take?
The stated duration for IT Partner’s Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service is 20 days. The exact schedule and phase timing should be confirmed with IT Partner, because the source describes a phased approach but does not provide detailed milestones.
How much does the Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service cost?
The listed price for the service is $1,300 plus $2 per user. This pricing is associated with SKU ITPWW425MIGOT, and buyers should confirm the final quote with IT Partner based on user count and any requirements that may fall outside the stated service scope.
Who is the service best suited for?
This service is best suited for organizations that need to consolidate, reorganize, or transition Microsoft Entra ID environments across tenants. Common drivers include mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, and other scenarios where users and access need to move from one Entra ID tenant to another while minimizing business disruption.
What does “staged transition” mean for an Entra ID tenant-to-tenant migration?
A staged transition means the move is performed in phases rather than as a single all-at-once cutover. This approach is used to reduce risk, support continuity, and allow phased access to both the source and target environments during the transition.
Will users have access to both the old and new tenants during the transition?
The service includes support for phased access to both the old and new environments during the transition. This is intended to help maintain user productivity while identities, resources, configurations, groups, and permissions are transitioned.
Does the service migrate users, groups, and permissions?
Yes, the source states secure and complete migration of users, groups, and permissions as part of the transition. The service is planned to migrate these within the defined engagement scope, but any tenant-specific permission complexity should be reviewed with IT Partner before the project starts.
Does the service migrate applications and application dependencies?
The service is described as supporting application dependencies during the Entra ID tenant-to-tenant transition, but the exact application migration scope is not fully detailed in the provided service content. Buyers should confirm which applications, app registrations, enterprise applications, conditional access dependencies, and integrations are included before purchase.
Does this service include Microsoft 365 mailbox, OneDrive, SharePoint, or Teams content migration?
The stated scope focuses on Microsoft Entra ID identities, resources, configurations, users, groups, and permissions. It does not explicitly state that Exchange mailboxes, OneDrive files, SharePoint sites, or Teams content migration are included, so those workloads should be confirmed with IT Partner if they are required.
Will there be downtime during the tenant-to-tenant transition?
The service is planned to minimize business disruption and downtime, because it uses a phased approach and supports access to both old and new environments during transition. However, the service content does not guarantee zero downtime, so any downtime expectations, cutover windows, and rollback planning should be confirmed during scoping.
What are the prerequisites for the Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service?
The provided service content does not state a formal prerequisite list. Because tenant-to-tenant transitions depend on the source and target Microsoft Entra ID environments, buyers should confirm prerequisites such as administrative access, tenant readiness, identity inventory, application dependencies, and security requirements with IT Partner before engagement kickoff.
What happens during the engagement?
During the engagement, IT Partner creates a step-by-step migration plan and performs a phased transition of identities, Entra ID-related resources, configurations, users, groups, and permissions between Microsoft Entra ID tenants. The service is structured to support both source and target tenant access during the transition and reduce risk through staged execution.
What are IT Partner’s responsibilities in this service?
The detailed IT Partner responsibility list is not available in the provided service content, although the service deliverables include planning and executing the staged Entra ID tenant-to-tenant transition. Buyers should confirm the exact responsibility split with IT Partner, especially for tenant access, configuration changes, validation, communications, and post-transition support.
What are the client’s responsibilities during the transition?
The provided service content does not define a specific client responsibility list. In practice, the client should confirm with IT Partner what is required for access approvals, stakeholder decisions, tenant information, user communications, testing, and validation, because these details are not explicitly stated in the service description.
What is not included in the Entra ID Tenant-to-Tenant Staged Transition service?
The service page does not state a formal list of out-of-scope or additional-cost items. Buyers should confirm exclusions with IT Partner before purchase, especially for non-Entra workloads, complex application migration, data migration, custom development, licensing changes, or extended support beyond the 20-day engagement.
How does the service address security and permissions during migration?
The service is designed to align with security requirements and includes migration of users, groups, and permissions. Because security models can vary significantly between tenants, the exact handling of conditional access, privileged roles, access reviews, and application permissions should be confirmed as part of the transition plan.
What are the success criteria for the service?
The service success criteria include using a phased migration approach, supporting access to old and new environments during transition, minimizing disruption and downtime, securely and completely migrating users, groups, and permissions, and tailoring the transition plan to the organization’s needs. The provided source notes that some success-criteria text may have come from an embedded image, so buyers should confirm the exact criteria with IT Partner if they need contractual precision.
What happens after the staged transition is completed?
The stated service deliverables focus on the transition plan and phased migration of Entra ID identities, resources, configurations, users, groups, and permissions. The service content does not specify post-completion support, decommissioning of the old tenant, or long-term managed services, so those items should be confirmed with IT Partner if needed.
How can a buyer contact IT Partner about this service?
Buyers can contact IT Partner by phone at +1-855-700-0365 or by email at sales@o365hq.com. The service page also lists a Request a Call form at https://forms.office.com/r/atB1RqFeK6 and a Teams message link at https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=mym@itpartner365.com.