How to Move from GoDaddy to Microsoft 365 Without a Full Migration

GoDaddy can make Microsoft 365 easy to adopt when a company is small. The friction tends to appear later, when IT needs access to controls that sit outside GoDaddy’s managed experience.

In this episode of Demystifying Microsoft, Nathan Taylor sits down with Lindsay Cowan, Senior Sales and Business Development Manager at the Sourcepass Center of Excellence for Microsoft, to explain what actually happens when an organization moves away from GoDaddy Microsoft 365.

Lindsay Cowan is the Senior Sales and Business Development Manager at the Sourcepass Center of Excellence for Microsoft. She has spent five years with the Sourcepass team and works closely with organizations navigating Microsoft licensing, Microsoft 365 transitions and GoDaddy defederation projects.

Nathan Taylor is Senior Vice President and Global Microsoft Practice Leader at Sourcepass, where he leads the Sourcepass Center of Excellence for Microsoft, also known as the Sourcepass MCOE. With nearly two decades of experience, he helps organizations manage complex Microsoft cloud and security decisions by turning technology into secure, scalable outcomes.

GoDaddy works well for many companies when they are getting started. Lindsay explains why that changes once IT needs greater control over Microsoft 365 administration, security, licensing, partner management and AI capabilities.

Nathan explains what federation actually means and why removing GoDaddy’s layer does not require moving mailboxes or rebuilding the Microsoft environment. The underlying tenant stays where it is.

One of the simplest mistakes can also create one of the biggest headaches. Lindsay explains why the existing licenses need to remain intact until the defederation work has been completed.

Defederation can provide an opportunity to replace a randomly generated GoDaddy onmicrosoft.com tenant name. The tradeoff: changing it can break previously shared SharePoint URLs.

Lindsay says she often sees the conversation begin around 10 to 15 employees, when companies start wanting more control over security policies and the broader IT environment.

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