Calendar Migrations with Movebot

Learn about calendar migrations with Movebot

Introduction

Movebot takes an unusual approach to calendar migrations, using the same mechanics of storage migrations for mail, calendar, and contacts. Because of this, we recommend that you read through Data Migrations with Movebot as a precursor to reading this.

Supported Systems:

• Google Workspaces Gmail

• Outlook Online (Office 365) EWS

• Exchange Server

Quick Start Guide

Because transferring or migrating calendar data uses the same process as emails and contacts, simply follow the existing guide for Mail Migrations.

Enable Calendar Migration

1. Navigate to your Movebot project.

2. Go to Settings → Options.

3. Enable checkbox for "Include Calendars"

Configure Extended Mappings

Extended Mappings define how attendee email addresses should be rewritten and ensure that destination calendar events correctly reflect the intended participants. Configuring Extended Mappings is a required part of calendar migrations. Once calendar migration is enabled, you will see the option to configure Extended Mappings as an additional step in your project settings.

Mapping Examples:

Scenario	Source Mapping	Destination Mapping
Same Domain and Username	*@domain.com	*@domain.com
Domain Change (Username Unchanged)	*@old-domain.com	*@new-domain.com
Domain and Username Change	[email protected]	[email protected]

Advanced Calendar Settings

These settings should not be adjusted unless explicitly instructed by our support staff.

Setting	Description	Default
Include External Events	Copy events where the migrating user was an attendee (but not the owner).	Enabled
Send Invitations to Attendees	Sends calendar invites to destination users after migration.	Disabled
Include External Shared Calendars	Copies shared calendars as static snapshots. Does not preserve live sharing functionality.	Disabled
Ignore Events Older Than 7 Days (legacy)	Limits migration to only recent events.	Disabled