What Is Transvault Migrator? A Practical Guide for Enterprise Archive Migration

What Is Transvault Migrator?

Transvault Intelligent Migrator is a specialist enterprise archive migration platform used to move email and archive data between legacy and modern systems.

It is commonly associated with:

• Enterprise Vault

• Microsoft 365

• Exchange

• Proofpoint

• Other enterprise archive platforms

• PST and email archive data

• Journal archives

For organizations evaluating an Enterprise Vault migration, the important point is that archive migration is not the same as mailbox migration.

Historical archive data can involve retention, journaling, shortcuts, compliance records, legacy users and long-term chain-of-custody requirements.

Transvault is designed specifically around those archive-specific challenges.

What Problem Does Transvault Solve?

Enterprise archive platforms can accumulate years of information.

When an organization decides to modernize, several issues appear:

• How do we extract data from the legacy archive?

• How do we maintain metadata?

• What happens to shortcuts?

• How do we move journal data?

• How do we deal with inactive users?

• How do we prove what was migrated?

• How do we avoid temporary PST staging?

• How do we handle large volumes?

Transvault’s platform is designed to manage source-to-target archive migration while maintaining visibility over the migration process.

Direct Migration vs. Intermediate Formats

Some migration approaches export archived messages into temporary formats such as PST or EML before importing them into the target.

That can introduce:

• Additional storage

• Additional handling

• More project stages

• Temporary copies

• Additional reconciliation work

Transvault emphasizes direct migration between supported systems rather than requiring intermediate formats in many supported scenarios.

For enterprise organizations, that can simplify migration architecture.

Enterprise Vault Support

Transvault has extensive Enterprise Vault support.

Its Enterprise Vault capabilities include:

• Mailbox archives

• Journal archives

• File System Archiving

• Public Folder archives

• Multiple EV versions

• Shortcuts

• Vault Stores

• Large enterprise environments

Transvault states that it has completed more than 1,700 Enterprise Vault migration projects and migrated more than 25 PB of EV data.

Shortcut Management

Enterprise Vault shortcuts can be one of the most visible parts of the migration for users.

Transvault can:

• Rehydrate legacy shortcuts

• Synchronize current shortcut state

• Reflect certain user changes

• Avoid restoring items where shortcuts have been deleted, depending on policy

That helps organizations reduce user disruption during migration.

Journal Migration

Journal data needs special treatment.

It is often retained specifically for regulatory and legal reasons.

Transvault provides functionality designed to migrate journal archives while maintaining compliance and eDiscovery usability.

Microsoft 365 Migration

Transvault supports Enterprise Vault to Microsoft 365 migrations and emphasizes:

• Direct migration

• Auditability

• Chain of custody

• Shortcut handling

• Journal migration

• Enterprise-scale throughput

As Microsoft retires EWS in Exchange Online, organizations should also confirm how their migration platform handles Microsoft Graph and current Microsoft requirements.

Proofpoint Migration

Enterprise Vault is not always moving to Microsoft 365.

Proofpoint is another common destination for organizations that want a dedicated cloud archive and compliance platform.

Transvault supports archive migration into Proofpoint, making it relevant for organizations evaluating Enterprise Vault to Proofpoint transformation.

What Should Buyers Evaluate?

When evaluating Transvault or any archive migration solution, decision-makers should consider:

Source Support

Can the tool read the exact Enterprise Vault version and archive type?

Target Support

Does it support the intended destination?

Shortcut Handling

How are shortcuts treated?

Journal Handling

How are compliance journals migrated?

Reporting

Can the organization prove what was migrated?

Migration Performance

Can the system handle the required data volume and item count?

Security

How is data handled between source and target?

Support Model

Who is responsible for planning, execution and troubleshooting?

Where Interlock Technology Fits

Software alone does not define the migration strategy.

Interlock helps organizations:

• Assess Enterprise Vault

• Identify storage dependencies

• Define the target environment

• Plan migration waves

• Validate throughput

• Manage operational constraints

• Coordinate compliance requirements

• Deliver migration reporting

This becomes particularly important in environments involving Centera, ECS CAS, NAS or broader data center modernization.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Transvault Migrator?

It is a specialist archive migration platform designed to move enterprise archive data between supported legacy and modern systems.

Does Transvault support Enterprise Vault?

Yes. Enterprise Vault is one of Transvault’s core migration platforms.

Can Transvault migrate Enterprise Vault to Microsoft 365?

Yes. Transvault supports Enterprise Vault to Microsoft 365 migration.

Can Transvault migrate journals?

Yes. Transvault provides specialist journal migration capabilities.

Does Transvault use PST files?

Transvault supports direct migration in many source-to-target scenarios, reducing the need for temporary intermediate formats.

Considering Transvault for an Archive Migration?

Interlock Technology can help assess how Transvault fits into your Enterprise Vault, Microsoft 365, Proofpoint or broader archive modernization project.