PROOFPOINT ESSENTIALS
MIGRATION
WELCOME TO THE NEXT STEP IN YOUR CYBERSECURITY JOURNEY!
With Proofpoint and Hornetsecurity joining forces, you will benefit from the best of both worlds with the combination of our solutions to deliver an even stronger cybersecurity offering.
Here’s everything you need to know about this exciting journey.
FROM PROOFPOINT ESSENTIALS TO 365 TOTAL PROTECTION
Proofpoint Essentials is getting a massive upgrade thanks to its integration with Hornetsecurity’s 365 Total Protection, an AI Cybersecurity platform offered as a single pane of glass for MSPs and SMBs. With this integration, you will benefit from:
- Everything you get in your current plan and more, with the same protection you’ve come to expect from Proofpoint.
- Additional features including real-time alerts, regular expression support in filters, self-serve audit logs, Outlook plug-in for continuity, signature management, and extended encryption options.
- Additional capabilities such as backup, GRC, and automated security awareness training for a more comprehensive portfolio.
- Everything in a single pane of glass to easily manage all products and features.
- Seamless integration with Microsoft 365 for configuration.
AI-POWERED PROTECTION FOR EVOLVING CYBER THREATS
365 Total Protection is designed for MSPs and SMBs to combat today’s advanced cyber threats, bringing:
- Growth opportunities and cross-sell with products in Email Security, Awareness, Data Protection, Compliance & Governance.
- Reduction of MSP cost of operation with easy management experience in single console.
- Best-in-class AI security with powerful protection against advanced threats.
- Widespread usage of AI enabling automation of cyber security prevention, detection and response workflows for a “set & forget” platform.
HOW WILL THE MIGRATION PROCESS WORK?
A simple and easy migration process is now available! Follow our detailed guide for a seamless process (or join one our webinars – more info below!):
JOIN US: WEBINARS TO WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS
We are committed to providing a smooth and effortless experience for all our partners, ensuring this exciting journey is a successful one.
We will be hosting a technical webinar where we will walk you through everything you need to know about 365 Total Protection, including your new benefits, the migration process, and more.
To make it as convenient as possible, the same webinar will be repeated every week and offered at two different times so you can choose the session that works best for you.
We are looking forward to seeing you!
ACT TODAY: EXCLUSIVE PROMOTION
All Essentials Partners migrating to 365 Proofpoint Total Protection will pay the current price until the end of November 2026. For example:
- A partner pays $1 per user/per month
- The partner migrates to 365 Total Protection Plan 4
- The partner continues to pay $1 per user/per month until the end of November 2026
- Afterwards, the normal 365 Proofpoint Total Protection price applies
SIGN A PARTNER CONTRACT NOW!
An important first step in your journey to 365 Total Protection is signing the Proofpoint 365 Total Protection partner agreement. This gives you access to the partner program and its exclusive benefits. The first 500 Proofpoint Essentials partners to sign a partner agreement with 365 Proofpoint Total Protection will receive a cybersecurity superhero t-shirt.
Read more about the Partner Program and more about your partner benefits.
FAQ
Why did Proofpoint acquire Hornetsecurity?
Hornetsecurity brings world-class capabilities in cloud security and email continuity, and a strong market presence in Europe that enhances our global reach. Their focus on small and mid-sized organizations adds to our ability to serve customers of all sizes with excellence. This is another important milestone in our journey to become the de facto leader in human and agent-centric security.
Will there be any changes to Proofpoint Essentials packages or pricing?
There will be no changes to existing Proofpoint Essentials packaging or pricing.
How will billing be handled? Will the billing snapshot continue to be on the 19th of the month?
There will be no changes to the current billing and invoicing process for customers on the Essentials platform. Snapshots will continue to be performed on the 19th and invoices will be sent out at the end of the month.
What are the core capabilities offered in Proofpoint’s 365 Total Protection solution?
365 Total Protection is the most comprehensive cloud security solution for Microsoft 365 on the market, dedicated to managed service providers (MSPs) and small to mid-sized business (SMBs), providing AI-powered cloud-based security, backup, GRC, and security awareness solutions.
With 365 Total Protection, you can:
- Stay ahead of even the most sophisticated cyber threats, including BEC, CEO Fraud, spear-phishing, and more.
- Protect your M365 data, including mailboxes, In-Place Archive mailboxes, Teams, Planner, OneNote, OneDrive, SharePoint, and Entra ID Users & Groups.
- Turn your employees into a human firewall with fully automated security awareness training.
- Take full control of file sharing and eliminate confidential data exposure.
- Control and monitor all emails sent under your domain.
- Secure the confidentiality of your communication.
- Automate the analysis and response of reported emails.
- Protect your Teams chats from malicious links and security breaches.
See the full Fact Sheet here.
Will I be able to migrate customers archives as well?
Yes, customers using the Essentials Archive will be able to initiate the process with one simple action, and all data will be moved to the Hornetsecurity Archiving service.
Customers with an Essentials Archive will retain access until the migration is fully completed at no additional cost.
More information about archive migration will be provided in the technical webinars starting in March (sign up above).
Does Hornetsecurity offer the same deployment options for email security?
Hornetsecurity offers multiple deployment options, similar to Proofpoint Essentials:
- Secure Email Gateway (SEG), where MX records are directed to the Hornetsecurity platform and mail is processed before being delivered to the downstream email service (i.e., Microsoft 365).
- API, where emails are delivered to the email service directly and Hornetsecurity will remove malicious emails post-delivery.
- NEW: Hybrid, a combination of SEG and API where email is processed by prior to delivery to the email service and, malicious emails can also be removed post-delivery via API. This is the recommended approach to ensure the most comprehensive protection for your customers.
Will the efficacy be same, better, or worse in the new Hornetsecurity platform?
Proofpoint is committed to continuing to deliver industry-leading detection. Our teams have already begun integrating the complementary detection strengths of both Proofpoint and Hornetsecurity, ensuring that our combined efficacy not only remains robust but reaches new levels of performance.
Together, Proofpoint and Hornetsecurity will define the new benchmark in human-centric security, harnessing unified threat intelligence, advanced analytics, and AI-driven protection to deliver top notch security outcomes for MSPs and SMBs.
How will invoicing be handled during migration?
Partners that have active customers on the Essentials platform will continue to be billed by Proofpoint. Partners that have migrated or on onboarded customers onto the Hornetsecurity platform will be billed by Hornetsecurity.
When can Proofpoint partners start purchasing 365 Total Protection plans?
Trials will be available for Partners to test right away, while purchasing Hornetsecurity plans will start in January 2026.
When will the migration tool be ready?
From April 2026.
What will be migrated?
To make the transition as seamless as possible, we will migrate the key configuration and organizational data required to keep protection and policies consistent for your customers.
This includes core organization settings, user and domain configuration, and commonly used security controls.
Organization and configuration
- Organisation sender lists, allow and block, and branding settings
- Time zone and language preferences
- URL Defense (Safe links) Status
- Branding settings
Users and administration
- Customer and admin contact
- Users and admin user roles, based on global admin users
Microsoft 365 tenant data
- Domains from the Microsoft tenant
- Mailboxes
- Aliases
Mail routing
- SMTP destinations and failover configuration
Security and policy settings
- User allow lists
- User deny lists
- Organization allow lists
- Organization deny lists
- SPF, DKIM and DMARC exemptions
Will Security Awareness be migrated?
Hornetsecurity’s Security Awareness Service is built around automation, removing the need for manually configured or managed phishing campaigns. As a result, there are no campaign settings to migrate. We will transfer all users and support you through a straightforward setup to ensure continuity with minimal disruption.
Access to essentials security awareness product will be retained for 30 days following migration.
How long will the migration take?
The migration has been designed to be simple and seamless. We have built the Essentials migration directly into the 365 Total Protection onboarding flow, so the experience feels the same as onboarding a new customer today.
During onboarding, you will simply be asked if you want to migrate the existing Essentials configuration at the same time. Once confirmed, the platform will onboard the tenant and automatically migrate the relevant configuration in the background, allowing you to move customers across without adding extra operational steps.
GET IN TOUCH
As a Proofpoint 365 Total Protection Control Panel Admin, you can get support here.
For migration assistance & feedback, feel free to reach out to migrations@msp.proofpoint.com.