# Bringing a Standalone Business into Microsoft 365

How Elevance migrated a standalone UK business into a group Microsoft 365 environment, moving mail, files and collaboration into a single, secure modern workplace.

**Sector:** UK agricultural business  |  **Scale:** Whole-business migration

**The challenge**

A group business used a separate Microsoft environment, legacy file storage and disconnected collaboration tools. That restricted communication and created avoidable administration and cyber risk.

**The Elevance approach**

Elevance delivered the tenant integration and digital workplace transition, moving users, data and services into the group Microsoft 365 environment.

**What we delivered**

- Planned and rehearsed domain and mail migration
- Migrated user and shared mailboxes
- Moved files into SharePoint and OneDrive
- Standardised Teams, calendars and collaboration
- Supported users through device and service changes

**Business outcomes**

- One Microsoft environment across the group
- Simpler collaboration and calendar working
- Reduced reliance on legacy file servers
- Improved information security and governance
- A consistent modern workplace experience

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Elevance is the business transformation division of Stiperstone Group, based in Telford, Shropshire. We modernise legacy IT estates into secure, cloud-first foundations for UK mid-market and enterprise organisations, measured against business outcomes rather than hours. Elevance is a consultancy that delivers transformation programmes and senior expertise; it is not an outsourced help desk and does not resell software licences.

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