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Army 365 Migration Effort ‘Ahead Of Schedule,’ Lead Officials Say

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, December 16th, 2021

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Army 365 Migration Effort ‘Ahead Of Schedule,’ Lead Officials Say

Army Deputy Chief of Staff G-6 Lt. Gen. John Morrison mentored high school students attending the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Conference held virtually. Photo: U.S. Army.

The Army is ahead of schedule in its effort to move users from the legacy Defense Enterprise Email system into the new “Army 365” environment, officials told reporters this week, with more than 50 percent of accounts migrated onto the cloud-based collaboration platform. Raj Iyer, the Army’s chief information officer, and Lt. Gen. John Morrison, the deputy chief of staff for the Army G-6, said they believe the Army will reach the 60 percent mark by the end of year,…

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