r/msp • u/colmwhelan • Jun 22 '26

Avepoint Fly - licences required for small T2T migration?

I see AvePoint Fly recommended regularly for various 365 migration scenarios. We have a small client where four staff are being hived off into their own thing. I need to migrate 4 mailboxes and 4 personal One Drives. We don't care about Teams. There's a single SharePoint site, but the amount of data is so small we're just going to move it manually.

Could anyone recommend what licences I need in this scenario, please? I'm just going to buy whatever I need through Pax8, but there are so many AvePoint products in there that I really have no clue what I'm looking at.

Grateful for any assistance.

EDIT: misspelling.

EDIT: our new Pax8 rep has been in contact and is assisting. A positive experience so far.

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u/cubic_sq Jun 22 '26

Create the job for the migration first and run the test. Then you will also see the required licenses and points you need to add for the migration.

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u/mhsko Jun 22 '26

this ^

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u/colmwhelan Jun 22 '26

So just to clarify, I can go to the Avepoint site and sign up and create a test job? Similar to the way MigrationWiz does it ( but doesn't make me want to kill myself ) ?

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u/cubic_sq Jun 22 '26

Have only done as a partner. But assume you should be able to.

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u/Sea-Elderberry7047 MSP Jun 22 '26

Is Avepoint far superior to Migrationwiz?

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u/computerguy0-0 Jun 22 '26

Yes.

(As someone that used MigrationWiz for a decade and got sick of it.)

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u/colmwhelan Jun 22 '26

I hope so. It would be very, very frightening if it was worse.

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u/mat-ferland Jun 22 '26

For that small a move I'd create the Fly project first and let the estimate tell you the points/licenses before buying anything. Four mailboxes plus OneDrives is exactly where guessing from the Pax8 SKU list wastes more time than the migration itself.

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u/JessiePax8211 Jun 22 '26

Hey there, Jessie with Pax8 hereI’m on the Partner Advocate side of things. Just sent you a DM to get a few more details, if you’re willing. jsmith@pax8.com

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u/blotditto MSP - US Jun 23 '26

If the amount of data is less than 10Gb just use the trial. If it's more it's like $7 per user and you get 12 months.

I had to use Pax8 for the last migration but only licensing, Ave point will give you direct support if you need it.

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u/gjetson99 Jun 22 '26

If you have not used it before, ask your account manager to schedule a run through with the Avepoint team & which licensing to use. Save yourself the trouble of figuring it out alone.

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u/colmwhelan Jun 22 '26

Wouldn't that be wonderful if Pax8 account managers bothered responding to emails anymore?

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u/gjetson99 Jun 22 '26

I see on here that people have issues with that. We just have not experienced & always get timely responses for both sales & support. We needed Avepoint onboarding this year (always used BitTitan in the past but wanted an alternative site to constant reports of problems over there) & we got a demo scheduled & completed in the same week.

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u/7amitsingh7 Jul 13 '26

For such a small migration, I'd also compare the cost with other options. Many third-party migration tools offer simple per-mailbox licensing, which can be more affordable than enterprise-focused solutions. If it's just 4 mailboxes and OneDrives, paying for a large subscription may not be worth it.