Welcome to the Mercian Trust Migration page. We will keep this page up to date with relevant information regarding the migration.
Last Update: 18th October
Next Update: 24th October
23/10/25 - Deadline for staff to move home drive data to OneDrive.
24/10/25 - End of the day - Migration date set for emails and deadline for automatic replies and forwards to be setup.
24/10/25 - Last day of term - Staff to use their new email addresses exclusively from the end of the working day on 24th October 2025.
27/10/25 – 31/10/25 - Onsite server and client reconfiguration scheduled to take place. All devices required onsite. Data migration, Printer migration and Filtering migration also taking place at this time.
All data migration will be completed by 31st October.
03/11/25 - First day back - additional support onsite from turn IT on to help support staff with the changes.
All staff should be able to access their new Mercian email accounts.
All documents stored in Teams/SharePoint and your One Drive will all be moved over to the Mercian system, along with emails and personal calendar events.
We will then need to set up an auto response and forward to your new address - there will be guidance on how to do this.
Any documents stored in your My Documents/My Work, Downloads or Desktop will need to be uploaded to your current OneDrive by Wednesday 22nd October
All laptops will need to be left in school on Friday 24th October.
Oakwood Pelsall Lane - Large Hall
Oakwood Walsall Wood - Meeting Room,
Rushall - Teacher's Room
Please post it note your laptop and label your charger.
Laptops will be wiped, so please ensure all files are uploaded before this date.
Everything will be backed up before the migration takes place although anything stored on laptops that have not been synced and items saved on the desktop will be lost.
When we return on Monday 3rd November, we will need all staff with laptops to collect them and ensure they can sign in using their Mercian email account.