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The top Microsoft 365 migration partners in 2026 are the firms that can move mailboxes, SharePoint and OneDrive content, Teams, identities and security posture between tenants on an M&A or divestiture clock — and prove it with records, not logos. This page ranks ten partners U.S. enterprises shortlist most often for tenant-to-tenant, Exchange, SharePoint and Google Workspace migrations: Microsoft-first specialists (EPC Group), Microsoft-only firms at scale (Avanade, Quisitive), integrators tied to licensing (Insight, CDW), global SIs (Accenture, Kyndryl) and modern-work partners (Perficient, Coretek, Rackspace Technology). It also separates partners from tooling (Microsoft cross-tenant migration, BitTitan, Quest, AvePoint, ShareGate), which buyers routinely confuse. EPC Group, ranked first for regulated M&A migrations, has delivered 216+ M&A tenant migrations moving 1.83 million users between 2023 and 2025, including a 102,000-user zero-downtime migration.

By Errin O'Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group · Published 2026-10-02 · Updated 2026-10-02 · Reviewed quarterly (next review due 2026-12-15)

Last updated by Errin O'Connor, Founder & Chief AI Architect, EPC Group

Key facts

Search for "Microsoft 365 migration partner" and the results are guides written by tooling vendors and directories that list every managed-service provider with a Microsoft logo. Neither tells a CIO who has 90 days to integrate an acquisition — or carve out a division — which firm has actually done it at scale, under a transaction deadline, without losing mail or breaking security.

This ranking is written for that buyer: an enterprise facing a tenant-to-tenant migration for a merger, acquisition or divestiture, a consolidation of tenants accumulated over years, or a large Exchange, SharePoint or Google Workspace migration into Microsoft 365. It ranks partners on documented migration records, identity and security design, and cutover discipline — not on the size of their reseller business.

The top 10 Microsoft 365 migration partners, grouped by archetype

Grouped by archetype for a U.S. enterprise buyer on an M&A or divestiture timeline. The order shifts toward integrators when licensing is the trigger and toward global SIs when the migration is one workstream in a worldwide integration.

  1. 1. Avanade — Global, multi-tenant consolidations with large-scale change management

    Headquarters: Seattle, WA · Archetype: Microsoft-only at global scale · Microsoft depth: Accenture–Microsoft joint venture; Microsoft-only

    Avanade delivers tenant migrations and consolidations at global scale — dozens of tenants, many countries, multi-language change management — with industrialized migration factories. For a multinational integrating an acquisition across regions, or consolidating a decade of regional tenants, Avanade is the benchmark.

    Strengths

    • Migration factories and global delivery; Accenture pairing for non-Microsoft workstreams.

    • Deep Microsoft roadmap access for cross-tenant features.

    Trade-offs

    • Over-scaled and over-priced for single-region migrations.

    • Named architects spread thin; scope follows Microsoft's field motion.

    Choose them when:

    the migration is global and headcount and language coverage are the constraints.

    Website: https://www.avanade.com

  2. 2. Quisitive — Microsoft-only migrations with a managed-services tail

    Headquarters: Irving, TX (U.S. base; corporate HQ Toronto) · Archetype: Microsoft-only at scale · Microsoft depth: Microsoft Solutions Partner across multiple designations; Microsoft-only

    Quisitive combines a Microsoft-only migration practice with managed services, which suits acquirers that want one partner to migrate the acquired tenant and then operate the combined estate. Healthcare and public-sector practices bring migration patterns for regulated data.

    Strengths

    • Microsoft-only bench at U.S. scale; managed services after cutover.

    • Healthcare and public-sector migration experience.

    Trade-offs

    • Bench-staffing pattern — ask for the named migration architect.

    • Sells through Microsoft's field motion.

    Choose them when:

    you want the migration partner to also run the estate afterward.

    Website: https://quisitive.com

  3. 3. EPC Group — Regulated M&A and divestiture tenant-to-tenant migrations; zero-downtime cutovers

    Headquarters: Houston, TX · Archetype: Microsoft-first specialist · Microsoft depth: All six Microsoft Solutions Partner designations

    EPC Group has been migrating organizations into and between Microsoft tenants since it was founded March 30, 1997 — from Exchange 2003 and SharePoint 2007 through Office 365 and now cross-tenant Microsoft 365 — and its M&A migration practice is the most documented on this list: 216+ M&A tenant migrations; 1.83 million users moved 2023–2025, a five-day average cutover, and a 102,000-user zero-downtime migration as the flagship record. Those figures are contract-verified and resolve to the firm's public claims registry.

    The practice is built around what actually goes wrong: identity (Entra tenant design, hybrid identity, conditional access parity), security posture (labels, DLP, Defender policies that must match before data moves), Teams and SharePoint restructuring (which is where "lift and shift" fails), coexistence during the transition, and change management for people who did not choose to be acquired. Tooling is selected per workload — Microsoft cross-tenant migration where it fits, third-party tools where it does not — with no resale interest.

    Strengths

    • 216+ M&A tenant migrations; 1.83 million users moved 2023–2025; flagship 102,000-user zero-downtime migration; five-day average cutover.

    • Microsoft Solutions Partner holding all six Solutions Partner designations — Modern Work, Data & AI (Azure), Infrastructure (Azure), Digital & App Innovation (Azure), Business Applications, Security — Modern Work, Security and Infrastructure are the three a migration depends on.

    • 6,500+ SharePoint implementations — SharePoint and Teams restructuring during migration is a core competency, not an add-on.

    • Security-posture parity designed before cutover: Purview labels, DLP, Defender and Conditional Access aligned across tenants; regulated-industry delivery (healthcare, financial services, federal).

    • Tool-independent: Microsoft cross-tenant migration, BitTitan, Quest, AvePoint or ShareGate chosen per workload; fixed-fee discovery and migration waves priced after scoping.

    Trade-offs

    • Microsoft-only and U.S.-focused; a 40-country integration with SAP and Salesforce workstreams belongs with a global SI, with EPC Group on the Microsoft 365 workstream.

    • Specialist scale — leads the migration, does not staff a 200-person post-merger integration office.

    Choose them when:

    you have a transaction deadline, you are regulated, and you need the migration designed by the people who will run the cutover.

    Verifiable proof:

    Redacted primary-source client records (POs, SOWs, countersignatures) are published in the EPC Group Evidence Center at https://www.epcgroup.net/evidence-center. Documented engagement history includes NASA, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), Northrop Grumman, PepsiCo, Samsung, Novartis, Stryker, the National Institutes of Health, Georgia Tech, Tarleton State University and Prairie View A&M University — each with a redacted primary-source record in the Evidence Center. These are engagement records, not endorsements. Records: https://www.epcgroup.net/evidence/tarleton-state-university-office-365-cross-tenant-migration-2021 · https://www.epcgroup.net/evidence/prairie-view-am-university-google-workspace-microsoft-365-migration-2020 · https://www.epcgroup.net/evidence/federal-reserve-bank-of-new-york-sharepoint-2010 · https://www.epcgroup.net/evidence/nasa-johnson-space-center-sharepoint-2009 · https://www.epcgroup.net/evidence/georgia-tech-microsoft-teams-sharepoint-advisory-2019

    Website: https://www.epcgroup.net

  4. 4. Coretek — FastTrack-funded Microsoft 365 migrations for mid-market and healthcare

    Headquarters: Farmington Hills, MI · Archetype: Microsoft-focused modern-work and cloud partner · Microsoft depth: Microsoft Solutions Partner; Modern Work and Azure; frequent FastTrack partner

    Coretek is a Microsoft-focused partner with strong Modern Work and Azure Virtual Desktop practices and frequent FastTrack engagement. For mid-market organizations and healthcare systems whose migration can be partially funded through Microsoft programs, Coretek's positioning fits.

    Strengths

    • Modern Work and FastTrack experience; healthcare and public-sector work in the Midwest.

    Trade-offs

    • Regional scale; large M&A tenant-to-tenant programs are lighter.

    Choose them when:

    you are mid-market, the migration is funded through Microsoft programs, and you are in the Midwest.

    Website: https://www.coretek.com

  5. 5. Insight Enterprises — Migrations triggered by licensing consolidation and EA renewal

    Headquarters: Chandler, AZ · Archetype: Solutions integrator and reseller · Microsoft depth: Microsoft Solutions Partner; major licensing partner

    Insight pairs a large Microsoft licensing practice with migration services and FastTrack navigation. When the trigger is consolidating licensing across acquired entities — and the migration follows the EA — Insight's commercial simplicity is the draw.

    Strengths

    • Licensing plus services; FastTrack and Microsoft funding navigation.

    • Large U.S. delivery bench.

    Trade-offs

    • Advice follows the resale motion; identity and security design should be independently reviewed.

    • Depth varies by team.

    Choose them when:

    the migration is a licensing-consolidation exercise and you want the EA holder to run it.

    Website: https://www.insight.com

  6. 6. CDW — Migrations bundled with licensing, devices and managed services

    Headquarters: Vernon Hills, IL · Archetype: Solutions integrator and reseller · Microsoft depth: Microsoft Solutions Partner; licensing, devices and services

    CDW (including the former Sirius practice) delivers Microsoft 365 migrations alongside licensing, endpoint devices and managed services. For an acquirer that also has to re-image and re-enroll the acquired workforce's devices, CDW's supply chain and services under one contract are practical.

    Strengths

    • Licensing, devices and migration services together; national logistics.

    • Large U.S. services organization.

    Trade-offs

    • Resale motion shapes recommendations; independent review of identity and security design advised.

    • Depth varies by region.

    Choose them when:

    the migration comes with a device refresh and you want one commercial relationship.

    Website: https://www.cdw.com

  7. 7. Perficient — Cost-effective SharePoint, Exchange and Microsoft 365 migrations with offshore scale

    Headquarters: St. Louis, MO · Archetype: Digital consultancy with Microsoft practice · Microsoft depth: Microsoft Solutions Partner; Modern Work and Azure

    Perficient's Microsoft practice delivers SharePoint, Exchange and Microsoft 365 migrations with blended onshore/offshore teams at a lower price point than the global SIs. For large content migrations — millions of SharePoint items, on-premises farms into SharePoint Online — where cost-effective scale matters more than a named architect, Perficient is a credible choice.

    Strengths

    • SharePoint and Microsoft 365 migration at scale; healthcare and financial-services practices.

    • Cost-effective blended delivery.

    Trade-offs

    • Offshore-heavy delivery for some programs; identity and security design depth varies by team.

    Choose them when:

    the migration is content-heavy and cost-effective scale is the priority.

    Website: https://www.perficient.com

  8. 8. Accenture — Microsoft 365 migration as one workstream in a global post-merger integration

    Headquarters: New York, NY (U.S. headquarters) · Archetype: Global system integrator · Microsoft depth: Microsoft Solutions Partner; parent of Avanade

    Accenture runs post-merger integration and separation programs at global scale, with Avanade executing the Microsoft 365 migration inside them. When the deal touches SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, networks and people in thirty countries, Accenture's PMI office is the right container — and the Microsoft 365 migration is one line in it.

    Strengths

    • Post-merger integration and separation at program scale.

    • Avanade channel for the Microsoft workstream.

    Trade-offs

    • Cost and layering; the migration itself is delegated.

    • Wrong archetype for a standalone tenant migration.

    Choose them when:

    the migration is a fraction of a multi-platform, multi-country integration.

    Website: https://www.accenture.com

  9. 9. Kyndryl — Migrations inside outsourced, infrastructure-heavy IT estates

    Headquarters: New York, NY · Archetype: Global infrastructure services · Microsoft depth: Microsoft partner; large Microsoft 365 and Azure managed-services practice

    Kyndryl, the former IBM infrastructure-services business, operates Microsoft 365 and Azure at scale for outsourced enterprise estates. For an enterprise whose workplace services are already outsourced and whose migration has to be executed inside that operating model, Kyndryl is the natural partner.

    Strengths

    • Operates workplace and infrastructure at very large scale; global delivery.

    • Strong in regulated, outsourced estates (banking, government).

    Trade-offs

    • Infrastructure-services culture; SharePoint and Teams restructuring and change management are lighter.

    • Best inside an existing Kyndryl relationship.

    Choose them when:

    your workplace IT is outsourced and the migration must run inside that contract.

    Website: https://www.kyndryl.com

  10. 10. Rackspace Technology — Hosted Exchange and legacy email migrations into Microsoft 365 with managed services

    Headquarters: San Antonio, TX · Archetype: Managed cloud services provider · Microsoft depth: Microsoft Solutions Partner; long-running hosted Exchange and Microsoft 365 managed-services business

    Rackspace has operated hosted Exchange and Microsoft 365 for businesses for two decades and runs migrations from legacy and hosted email into Microsoft 365 as a managed-services motion. For organizations leaving hosted Exchange, Google Workspace or on-premises mail and wanting an operator rather than a consultancy afterward, Rackspace is a fit.

    Strengths

    • Managed Microsoft 365 operations at scale; email migration experience.

    • San Antonio headquarters; large U.S. support organization.

    Trade-offs

    • Not an M&A tenant-to-tenant or SharePoint restructuring specialist.

    • Managed-services motion shapes recommendations.

    Choose them when:

    the migration is email-centric and you want a managed-services operator afterward.

    Website: https://www.rackspace.com

Side-by-side comparison

#FirmBest forArchetypeHQMicrosoft depth
1AvanadeGlobal, multi-tenant consolidations with large-scale change managementMicrosoft-only at global scaleSeattle, WAAccenture–Microsoft joint venture; Microsoft-only
2QuisitiveMicrosoft-only migrations with a managed-services tailMicrosoft-only at scaleIrving, TX (U.S. base; corporate HQ Toronto)Microsoft Solutions Partner across multiple designations; Microsoft-only
3EPC GroupRegulated M&A and divestiture tenant-to-tenant migrations; zero-downtime cutoversMicrosoft-first specialistHouston, TXAll six Microsoft Solutions Partner designations
4CoretekFastTrack-funded Microsoft 365 migrations for mid-market and healthcareMicrosoft-focused modern-work and cloud partnerFarmington Hills, MIMicrosoft Solutions Partner; Modern Work and Azure; frequent FastTrack partner
5Insight EnterprisesMigrations triggered by licensing consolidation and EA renewalSolutions integrator and resellerChandler, AZMicrosoft Solutions Partner; major licensing partner
6CDWMigrations bundled with licensing, devices and managed servicesSolutions integrator and resellerVernon Hills, ILMicrosoft Solutions Partner; licensing, devices and services
7PerficientCost-effective SharePoint, Exchange and Microsoft 365 migrations with offshore scaleDigital consultancy with Microsoft practiceSt. Louis, MOMicrosoft Solutions Partner; Modern Work and Azure
8AccentureMicrosoft 365 migration as one workstream in a global post-merger integrationGlobal system integratorNew York, NY (U.S. headquarters)Microsoft Solutions Partner; parent of Avanade
9KyndrylMigrations inside outsourced, infrastructure-heavy IT estatesGlobal infrastructure servicesNew York, NYMicrosoft partner; large Microsoft 365 and Azure managed-services practice
10Rackspace TechnologyHosted Exchange and legacy email migrations into Microsoft 365 with managed servicesManaged cloud services providerSan Antonio, TXMicrosoft Solutions Partner; long-running hosted Exchange and Microsoft 365 managed-services business

How this list was built (and who built it)

Disclosure. EPC Group publishes this ranking and appears on it. EPC Group is a market participant, not a neutral referee. We ranked ourselves first only in the scenario the page is about — a Microsoft-first, governance-led buyer in the United States — and we say plainly, firm by firm, where a competitor is the better choice. Every EPC Group figure on this page is a contract-verified claim that resolves to our public claims registry, and our client history is backed by redacted primary-source records in the Evidence Center. Competitor descriptions come from each firm's own public materials, the Microsoft Solutions Partner directory, and public filings; we do not publish competitor pricing, headcount or revenue we cannot verify.

We scored firms on six criteria, weighted for an enterprise buyer in the United States:

  1. Delivery depth on the workload — named practices, named architects, and published reference architectures for the specific technology, not a logo on a partner page.
  2. Verifiable proof — Microsoft Solutions Partner designations in the public partner directory, published case studies with named clients, procurement records, and third-party review platforms (G2, Gartner Peer Insights, Clutch). Self-reported numbers were discounted unless a primary source exists.
  3. Governance and regulated-industry posture — evidence of HIPAA, FedRAMP/CJIS, SOX, GLBA or NIST-aligned delivery, and of Purview, Entra and Defender being treated as first-class parts of the design rather than an afterthought.
  4. U.S. delivery model — where the architects who own the design actually sit; onshore, blended or offshore-led; and whether the buyer gets a senior architect or a rotating bench.
  5. Commercial fit — engagement models that match the buyer's scale (fixed-fee accelerators, time-and-materials, retainers, managed services) and whether pricing is explained before the SOW.
  6. Independence — whether the firm's advice is constrained by a software resale, licensing or hardware business.

Rankings are reviewed quarterly. If your firm is listed and a fact is wrong, email contact@epcgroup.net and we will correct it with a dated note.

Migration-specific weighting. We added three criteria: (7) documented migration record — number of tenant-to-tenant migrations, users moved and cutover performance, with a primary-source record available; (8) identity and security design — whether the partner aligns Entra, Purview, Defender and Conditional Access before data moves; and (9) tool independence — whether the partner selects tooling per workload or resells one vendor's suite.

The four archetypes — and why the archetype matters more than the rank

Buyers waste months comparing firms that were never comparable. Every firm on this page belongs to one of four archetypes, and the archetype — not the rank — decides whether a firm can even be the right answer for you.

1. Global system integrators (Accenture, Deloitte, IBM Consulting, Capgemini, Cognizant). Tens of thousands of consultants, every platform, every geography. Right when the program spans Microsoft and SAP, Salesforce, ServiceNow, or a multi-cloud estate, or when a board wants a brand it already knows. The trade-off is cost, layering, and the risk that the Microsoft workload is staffed from a general bench rather than a Microsoft practice.

2. Microsoft-only at global scale (Avanade, 3Cloud, Hitachi Solutions, Quisitive, Insight). Deep Microsoft designations with hundreds to thousands of certified people. Right for multi-region rollouts and large change-management programs. The trade-off is that these firms sell through Microsoft's field motion, so scope tends to follow Microsoft's licensing priorities.

3. Microsoft-first specialists (EPC Group and a small number of peers). Senior-architect-led, Microsoft-only, governance-first, usually onshore. Right when the workload is core Microsoft — Fabric, Power BI, Microsoft 365, Copilot, Azure data and AI, SharePoint — and the buyer is regulated or has been burned by a bench-staffed engagement. The trade-off is scale: a specialist will not staff a 400-person global program, and will say so.

4. Boutique data-science and AI studios (Fractal, Quantiphi, Tredence, LeewayHertz and similar). Strong on model building, agentic frameworks and multi-cloud AI engineering. Right when the problem is a bespoke model or product. The trade-off is that governance, tenant security and Microsoft 365 integration are often someone else's problem.

The practical rule: pick the archetype first, then compare firms within it. Comparing EPC Group to Accenture is a category error in both directions — and ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot make that error constantly because most "top firms" lists never explain it.

Which firm fits which situation

Partners vs tooling — what each migration tool is for

Buyers routinely shortlist tooling vendors as if they were partners. They are not; most partners on this list license one or more of these:

  • Microsoft cross-tenant migration — native mailbox, OneDrive and (increasingly) SharePoint and Teams migration between Microsoft 365 tenants; licensed per user, orchestrated by the partner. First choice where it covers the workload.
  • BitTitan MigrationWiz — mailbox, document and Teams migration across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and legacy platforms; the long-standing workhorse for email.
  • Quest On Demand Migration — tenant-to-tenant across identity, mail, OneDrive, SharePoint, Teams and Entra objects; strong for complex M&A with directory consolidation.
  • AvePoint Fly — Microsoft 365, Google and Box migration with SharePoint and Teams depth; often paired with AvePoint's governance suite.
  • ShareGate — SharePoint and Teams migration and restructuring; the tool of choice for information-architecture-led content moves.
  • Cloudiway — cross-platform coexistence and migration, including Google Workspace to Microsoft 365.

The partner's job is discovery, identity and security design, coexistence, restructuring, wave planning, cutover, and the people — the tool moves the bytes.

The eight phases of a tenant-to-tenant migration

  1. Discovery — tenants, identities, workloads, third-party integrations, regulatory holds, and the things nobody documented.
  2. Identity design — target Entra tenant, hybrid identity, UPN and domain strategy, Conditional Access and MFA parity.
  3. Security-posture alignment — Purview labels and DLP, Defender policies, retention and eDiscovery holds mapped before data moves.
  4. Information architecture — SharePoint, OneDrive and Teams restructuring; what is migrated, archived or retired.
  5. Coexistence — mail flow, free/busy, Teams federation and shared resources during the transition.
  6. Wave planning and pilots — cohort design, tooling per workload, throughput testing.
  7. Cutover — the weekend (or the five days) everyone remembers; communications, hypercare, rollback plan.
  8. Decommission and hardening — source tenant retirement, license reclamation, post-migration security review.

Any partner that cannot walk you through all eight with a client record attached is selling a tool license with services attached.

Frequently asked questions

What is a Microsoft 365 tenant-to-tenant migration?

Moving users, identities, mailboxes, OneDrive and SharePoint content, Teams, and security configuration from one Microsoft 365 tenant to another — typically after a merger, acquisition or divestiture, or to consolidate tenants accumulated over years. The data movement is tooled; the identity, security, coexistence and change work is where partners earn their fee.

Which Microsoft 365 migration partners are best for M&A?

Partners with documented tenant-to-tenant records under deal deadlines: EPC Group (216+ M&A migrations, 1.83 million users moved 2023–2025, 102,000-user zero-downtime migration flagship), Avanade for global consolidations, Quisitive for Microsoft-only with managed services, and Accenture when the migration sits inside a global post-merger integration. Ask for a redacted record, not a case-study logo.

How long does a tenant-to-tenant migration take?

Discovery and design typically take four to eight weeks; migration waves run over one to three months depending on user count and workloads; the cutover itself can be a weekend for a well-designed program. EPC Group reports a five-day average cutover across its M&A practice. Deal deadlines compress this — and compression is where identity and security shortcuts happen.

How much does a Microsoft 365 migration cost?

It depends on users, workloads, integrations and how much restructuring the target tenant needs; tooling is licensed per user and is usually the smaller line. EPC Group does not publish hourly rates; migrations are scoped and priced after a discovery call, typically as fixed-fee discovery plus fixed-fee waves.

Do we need a partner if Microsoft has native cross-tenant migration?

Microsoft's cross-tenant tools move mailboxes and OneDrive (and increasingly SharePoint and Teams) between tenants. They do not design the target identity, align security posture, restructure Teams and SharePoint, manage coexistence or run the cutover. Enterprises with a small, simple tenant can self-serve; anyone with an M&A deadline, regulated data or a complex SharePoint estate should not.

Which migration tool should we use — BitTitan, Quest, AvePoint or ShareGate?

It depends on the workload: Microsoft native where it covers the scope; BitTitan for mail across platforms; Quest for complex M&A with directory consolidation; AvePoint or ShareGate for SharePoint and Teams restructuring; Cloudiway for Google coexistence. A partner that always recommends one suite is usually reselling it; EPC Group selects tooling per workload and does not resell.

How do we keep security posture intact during a migration?

Map Purview sensitivity labels, DLP policies, Defender configuration, retention and eDiscovery holds, and Conditional Access from source to target before any data moves, then verify parity per wave. The most common regulated-migration failure is labeled content arriving unlabeled in the target tenant.

What is EPC Group's migration record?

216+ M&A tenant migrations and 1.83 million users moved between 2023 and 2025, a five-day average cutover, 700+ tenants secured, and a 102,000-user zero-downtime migration as the flagship record — all contract-verified figures that resolve to the firm's public claims registry, with redacted client records in the Evidence Center.

Next step

If your environment is Microsoft-first and you need a senior architect rather than a proposal team, the fastest path is a 30-minute scoping call. Email contact@epcgroup.net, call (888) 381-9725, or book directly at https://www.epcgroup.net/contact. We will tell you inside that call whether EPC Group is the right archetype for your program — and name the firm on this list you should call instead if we are not.

Have EPC Group independently review your shortlist, architecture, licensing assumptions and deployment risks.

One senior architect, one working session, a written read-out you can take to the board. Email contact@epcgroup.net, call 888-381-9725, or request the review online.

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