Microsoft 365 Migration Stakeholder Register
This is a practical guide to building a stakeholder register for a microsoft 365 migration project — a record of stakeholders, their influence and how to engage them, adapted to the realities of migrating email, files and collaboration to Microsoft 365.
What a Stakeholder Register is
A stakeholder register is a record of stakeholders, their influence and how to engage them. For the full concept and how it works in general, see Stakeholder Register. On a microsoft 365 migration project it plays the same role, tuned to this kind of work.
Why it matters for a Microsoft 365 Migration project
Microsoft 365 Migration projects live or die on migrating email, files and collaboration to Microsoft 365. A well-built stakeholder register gives the team a shared, explicit reference for exactly that — reducing ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and making problems visible early enough to act. Skipping it, or doing it generically, is how microsoft 365 migration projects drift into avoidable delay and cost.
What to include
- Stakeholder name and role
- Power and interest
- Attitude
- Engagement approach
Microsoft 365 Migration-specific considerations
Tailor the stakeholder register to the risks that most often derail microsoft 365 migration projects:
- Mailbox and file migration errors
- User adoption and training
- Security and compliance configuration
Example
On a real microsoft 365 migration project, the stakeholder register would be shaped by migrating email, files and collaboration to Microsoft 365. In particular, it should explicitly account for the project’s biggest risks — mailbox and file migration errors, user adoption and training, security and compliance configuration — rather than treating them as afterthoughts.