Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool

Office 365 Deployment Resource Kit 1.00.00.80 [Updated May 2012]

Brief Description

File Name: Size:

Office365DeploymentReadinessTool.exe 7,845 KB

Overview

The Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool provides analysis of your on-premises environment in preparation for an Office 365 enterprise deployment. The readiness tool is integrated with the guidance provided in the web edition of the Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Guide.

Please provide your feedback to: O365DReskitFeedback@microsoft.com

The following assessments are provided:

Domains
- Email domain discovery and number of users leveraging each domain
User Identity and Account Provisioning
- Statistical information
- Active Directory schema and forest/domain functional data
- Trusts extract (checks for multi-forest constraints)
- Directory Synchronization
  - Pre-requisite checks
  - Attribute assessment
- Single sign on
  - Attribute assessment
Exchange Online
- Statistical information
- Public folder, public delegates, and proxyaddresses extract
- 3^rd party and unified messaging proxyaddresses information
Lync Online
- Statistical information
- SIP domains summary
SharePoint Online
- User object count assessment
Client and End User Experience
- Summary of domain joined machines for rich experience/SSO readiness
Network
- Port analysis on certain Office 365 endpoints
- DNS records assessment

System Requirements

Operating Systems:

Windows XP RTM and above
Windows Vista RTM and above
Windows 7 RTM and above
Windows Server 2003/R2 RTM and above
Windows Server 2008/R2 RTM and above

Note: The above operating systems have been verified to function in English only. Other languages may have differing results and are not recommended.

Web browsers:

Internet Explorer 7.0 and above
Firefox 4
Chrome 10
Safari 3.5

Note: The above web browsers have been verified to function with the tool, other browsers and/or browser versions may have differing results and are not recommended.

Installation path:

Must be run from the c:\ drive
Cannot be run from other drive path or network drive
Installation path c:\office365reskit\
Hard drive space of min 1GB free 10GB suggested for large organizations with many domains/users

Domain joined PC or server:

Domain joined machine connected to your corporate network is required

Active Directory:

Active Directory is required

Forest considerations:

Run once for each forest in your organization

Credentials:

No administrative rights required
Domain user

Instructions:

Review and accept license terms
Download file (link below)
Save file to c:\ drive on computer
Extract the Office365DeploymentReadinessTool.exe from the download link
Double click on Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool .exe
Results will be provided shortly thereafter (the number of objects, number of domains, and number of issues discovered will determine the amount of time the tool will run).

Other considerations:

Certain anti-virus programs (with real time scan enabled) reduce performance of the tool by scanning each read/write operation of the tmp and csv files (text files) created in the c:\office365reskit\tmp and c:\office365\do_not_modify directories.
- Excluding the folders/files from real time scan may greatly increase performance
Consider running the tool during non-peak business hours
Recent PC or server (non-virtualized) generally provide the fastest results
Wired network connection suggested over wireless

Privacy Notice

The Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool:

• Is intended for IT administrators. If you are an end-user, Microsoft recommends that you end this program and contact your IT administrator for assistance.

• Collects data from your corporate network and stores the data in a folder (c:\office365reskit) that is located on the computer where you installed the tool.

• Generates files on your installation computer that may contain personal data. Microsoft recommends that you remove these files when you have completed your assessment.

• Does not send the collected data to Microsoft.

• Does not require privileged or administrative credentials — nor should you grant administrative credentials.

License Terms

Click here to review terms

Previous version [released May 2012]:

Latest version [preview released April 2013]:

visit OnRamp for Office 365