Case Study: Baltimore City Public Schools achieves cloud migration and email archiving success with Data Networks

MAKING THE CLOUD A REALITY at Baltimore City (MD) Public Schools

Baltimore City Public Schools, the fourth-largest public school system in Maryland, needed to move 83,000 students and staff from on-premises Microsoft Office tools and Symantec Enterprise Vault email archiving to a cloud-based Office 365 environment within a very tight two-month window. The district wanted better software updates, simplified file storage and archiving, and improved return on investment, but lacked the extra expertise and capacity needed to complete the migration on schedule.

Data Networks stepped in as a Microsoft Cloud Productivity Partner and QuadroTech reseller to help configure and implement the email archiving migration, test archive transfers, tune performance, and transfer knowledge to BCPS IT staff. With Data Networks’ support, Baltimore City Public Schools completed the Office 365 and cloud archiving transition on time, with validated data integrity and a reliable new setup that delivered strong user convenience and virtually 100% uptime.

Baltimore City Public Schools

Ken Thompson

Chief Information Technology Officer