A case study on a leading manufacturing company’s migration journey. Explore the nuances, challenges, and key outcomes.

Looking for an alternative to Meta Workplace?

So did was an adhesive manufacturer, who worked with us previously on several digital initiatives.
A quick snapshot of our customer
Their story?
Following the announcement of sunsetting Meta Workplace, our customer was forced to find an alternative. Our continuous association with the customer once brought this discussion to the table. Being aware of our customer’s widespread Microsoft ecosystem, we suggested them Viva Engage as a more enterprise-grade alternative to Workplace. Their employees were actively using collaboration and productivity tools from Microsoft, including Teams, Outlook, and other Microsoft 365 apps. Deeper integration of Viva Engage with the existing tech stack made it more preferable to our customer.
The Viva Engage migration journey and the obstacles

We took a planned, incremental approach to ensure a faster, smoother migration from Meta Workplace to Viva Engage. We started the migration with a deeper analysis of their Workplace communities, hierarchies, and compliance requirements.  

We collaborated closely with the teams from Meta, Microsoft, and our customer to create custom APIs. To ensure a disruption-free migration, we started with 1000 users and eventually rolled out to their entire employee base. But this migration came with its own challenges. 

Pulling data from Meta Workplace and pushing it to Viva Engage requires a massive number of API calls. On the other hand, we have API rate limits that we had to adhere to. Exceeding the rate limit could temporarily block, create errors, or increase the costs. Besides, any failed API call would require a complete re-run of the pipeline. This would delay the migration process and increase costs. 

However, our team brought proven expertise to the table. We skilfully tackled the challenges with fail-proof workarounds and completed the migration successfully. 

This case study gives you a deep dive into the complete migration journey and touches on the nuances of it.  

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