Split a school 365 tenancy.. register a new tenancy

[password1234]

Hi Guys

 

Quick Question

 

We have one single Office365 Tenancy it has schoo1 and school2

 

We want to move School1 from this tenancy and create them a brand new tenancy and move all their accounts to there (WE got the tools to do this) however First stage is registering an 365 tenancy under school1.sch.uk

 

We tried registering on M365 doesnt allow us to create an email account under [email protected] domain keeps complaining it already exist

 

Tried using an outlook as a temp email and doesnt work either doesnt allow you to do so

 

Anyone have any suggestions how to register a brand new tenancy? or done anything like this before

[Boredguy]

When I created our new Trust Tenancy, I set it up with a standard OnMicrosoft.com address for the school... so in your case [email protected]

Once that was done and you've gone through getting licences etc done you can then add your .sch.uk domain as long as it's not linked to you existing tenancy. If it is, then you would move it over after you have migrated your users data.

[Michael]

It sounds more like you need to change/update all existing users to be migrated in your existing tenancy from @school.sch.uk domain to @onmicrosoft.com or another @school.sch.uk domain.

 

Your real school domain cannot exist in two tenancies.

 

This is why it needs to be planned. I've actioned such changes, but always July/August time in the holidays.

[password1234]

It sounds more like you need to change/update all existing users to be migrated in your existing tenancy from @school.sch.uk domain to @onmicrosoft.com or another @school.sch.uk domain.

 

Your real school domain cannot exist in two tenancies.

 

This is why it needs to be planned. I've actioned such changes, but always July/August time in the holidays.

 

 

Yup we got the tools and everything in place we planning to use QUEST Migration too

 

The Main issue we have at the moment is applying/registering for an Educational new tenancy account for the school so when it comes to migration we can just move it over there,

 

We unable to register a tenancy under [email protected] as it already co-exists, using a outlook/hotmail account wont work either and they school dont have any alternative domain we can use to register

 

Just spoke to microsoft and the guy tells me "Just buy / register a new domain" for the purpose of creating a new tenancy then can shift everything afterwards

[Michael]

Another option is to register a subdomain migrate.school.sch.uk and register the new tenancy against this to unlock features. Licensing quotas are reduced, but it's only temporary until the real school.sch.uk domain is registered in the new tenancy.

[password1234]

Thanks! Just found out the school has a primaryschool.co.uk domain name registered for their website but their main emails they use is .sch.uk one! So we may apply for a 365 educational tenancy using that co.uk by creating some email addresses on that domain then shift everything aftwards

 

Bit long winded though if only there was another easier solution!

[Boredguy]

Far simpler to create the new tenancy with the a onmicrosoft.com address, and then add your custom domain later.

 

Then you just move the current domain name over during your migration process