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Lucy Ann Gossett · September 18

The following email went to everyone but me where i have the admin for our database not sure why, however this is the 1st I have heard of this migration…is this required as part of the total web solution migration?

Hello,

We are excited to let you know that 68088 Alpha Omicron Pi Philanthropic Foundationcan soon begin to experience innovative, modern cloud infrastructure that enables heightened security, reliability and performance through Blackbaud Cloud Operations, a Microsoft Azure® environment.

There are some actions you need to take before your Blackbaud RE NXT can be moved into this public cloud environment. Respond now so you can begin to experience the benefits of the public cloud environment.

What actions do I need to take?

Choose a date and time from these options for your relocation to occur (note delay in responding may change dates available)

October 1, 2 (8am or 1pm ET), October 3 (8am ET)October 6, 7, 8, 9 (8am or 1pm ET), October 10 (8am ET)October 15, 16 (8am or 1pm ET), October 17 (8am ET)October 20, 21 (8am or 1pm ET), October 22, 24 (8am ET)October 28, 29, 30 (8am or 1pm ET), October 31 (8am ET)November 3, 4, 5, 6 (8am or 1pm ET), November 7 (8am ET)November 12, 13 (8am or 1pm ET), November 14 (8am ET)November 18, 19, 20 (8am or 1pm ET), November 21 (8am ET)

Let us know if your organization uses any of the following integrations by reviewing the Knowledgebase article “How can I tell if Raiser's Edge NXT is integrated with Blackbaud NetCommunity, Financial Edge, and/or Luminate Online”
Blackbaud NetCommunity™ (BBNC)
Blackbaud Financial Edge® and/or Raiser’s Edge® integrated
Blackbaud Luminate Online (RELO Plug-in or Omatic Connector)
Determine if your organization uses any third-party plugins or Crystal Reports that prevent your solution from moving to the public cloud at this time by reviewing the Knowledgebase article “What plug-ins or partner integrations prevent me from moving to Microsoft Azure” .
Reply to this emailwith your selected relocation date and any integrations or plugins your organization is using (items 2 and 3 above).

Not the right person to take these steps? Please forward this notification to the person who manages the technical (IT) aspects of your Blackbaud software and ask them to respond.

How can I learn more?

You can review the public cloud relocation resource pageto learn more about important steps you will need to take before and after your scheduled relocation—to ensure a smooth transition to the public cloud environment.

Will there be any disruption in service during the relocation?

During the relocation, all users will need to be logged out and will not have access to the solution being moved into the public cloud. The downtime for your relocation will depend on your configuration and averages between 2-6 hours. We can provide a clearer estimate when we confirm your relocation date and time.

We look forward to hearing back from you. We are excited to help further your mission through our modern cloud solutions and look forward to your confirmation. Please let us know if you have questions.

Thank you,

NXT Relocation Team

Dan Snyder · September 19

Not sure why you did not receive the message, maybe check your spam if you haven't already.

In terms of the transition, they are really just changing where your data is stored from physical servers in one of several cities to the cloud. As far a I know it is not required for moving to the total web solution, rather they are slowly working to move all instances to cloud hosting. For us, the transition was seamless, it just was a change in the way we accessed database view and any hosted files.

That being said, we did not have any of the BB integrations (BBNC, Luminate, FE) and none of the 3rd party plug-ins we use were impacted. We also did not have any Crystal Reports. So, our experience may have been different than others and I presume others with that experience will chime in here too.

Lucy Ann Gossett · September 19

Thank you, Dan. I appreciate the information.

Austen Brown · September 22

My experience was similar to Dan's - not much change for front end users; there are some preparations DBAs have to take on ahead of the move, but that's all covered within the provided documentation.

This initiative to move clients from BB hosted servers to Azure's has been going on for a number of years. BB recently changed tactics from asking if they could move a database, to tell you it's happening. You can tell them "no"; just expect to get another email in 3 months or so - and having to move eventually.

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