Helpdesk migration

Migrate from Masergy to Salesforce Service Cloud

Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Masergy and Salesforce Service Cloud. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in Salesforce Service Cloud.

Masergy logo

Masergy

Source

Salesforce Service Cloud

Destination

Salesforce Service Cloud logo

Compatibility

55%

6 of 11

objects map 1:1 between Masergy and Salesforce Service Cloud.

Complexity

BStandard

Timeline

4-6 weeks

Rollback included Accuracy guarantee Field-level validation

Overview

What this migration involves

Masergy is a managed SD-WAN and UCaaS/CCaaS platform absorbed into Comcast Business in October 2021. The migration path to Salesforce Service Cloud applies specifically to Masergy's Cloud Contact Center data — agent profiles, queue assignments, supervisor relationships, contact records, and case or ticket histories. Masergy does not publish a customer-accessible API for data export, so all extraction requires Comcast Business professional services engagement or manual admin-portal work, which extends timelines compared to platforms with open APIs. We structure whatever Masergy exports into Salesforce Service Cloud Contacts, Users, Queues, Skills, and Cases, mapping queue routing logic to Service Cloud Omni-Channel work items and Skills-based routing. SD-WAN site definitions, dial plans, UCaaS extensions, and managed security policies are networking and infrastructure configurations with no Service Cloud equivalent and are documented as out-of-scope. Call recordings and MDR alert history are stored in Masergy's internal infrastructure and cannot be exported by any customer-accessible mechanism. We deliver a written workflow inventory for Service Cloud Flow rebuilds but do not migrate automations as code.

Field-level fidelity

Every standard and custom field arrives verified.

Schema-aware mapping

AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.

Relationships preserved

Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.

Full activity history

Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.

Attachments & notes

Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.

Why teams make this switch

Two sides of the same decision

Leaving

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Masergy

What's pushing teams away

  • Post-acquisition integration between Masergy's legacy portals and Comcast Business systems has created duplicate management interfaces, confusing IT administrators managing both networking and unified communications.
  • Pricing for Masergy SD-WAN and CCaaS bundles is opaque and negotiated individually, leading enterprises to switch to competitors with transparent per-seat or per-site pricing models.
  • Enterprise customers report that Masergy's managed security services lack the depth and customization options available from specialized MSSPs, prompting a split where networking stays but security migrates elsewhere.
  • Support response times have lengthened post-acquisition, with enterprises noting that tier-2 and tier-3 technical support now routes through Comcast Business call centers unfamiliar with Masergy-specific configurations.
  • Long-term contract lock-in with multi-year MPLS and SD-WAN agreements has driven churn as enterprises seek shorter commitment periods from more agile SD-WAN vendors.

Choosing

Salesforce Service Cloud logo

Salesforce Service Cloud

What's pulling them in

  • Deep Salesforce ecosystem integration with Sales Cloud, Marketing Cloud, and custom Apex apps creates a single pane of glass for enterprise customer data and cross-functional workflows.
  • Omnichannel case routing — email, chat, phone, social, and messaging — unified under one case object means agents do not lose context when customers switch channels mid-interaction.
  • AI for customer service (Einstein AI / Agentforce) offers automated case classification, suggested replies, and chatbot routing that reduces Tier-1 ticket volume without manual rule authoring.
  • Entitlement and milestone tracking enforces SLA compliance natively, automatically calculating breach windows and surfacing violations to supervisors in dashboards.
  • Salesforce's massive AppExchange ecosystem provides pre-built connectors, industry-specific managed packages, and third-party tools that extend Service Cloud beyond its out-of-box capabilities.

Object mapping

How Masergy objects map to Salesforce Service Cloud

Each row shows how a Masergy object lands in Salesforce Service Cloud, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.

Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.

Masergy

Contact Center Agents

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

User

1:1
Fully supported

Masergy CCaaS agent profiles — including login credentials, supervisor assignments, and queue entitlements — map to Salesforce User records. We resolve agents by email match against the destination org's User table. Any Masergy agent without a matching Salesforce User is held in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before contact and case import begins. Masergy agent skill tags map to Salesforce Skills records linked to the User via SkillUser junction object.

Masergy

Agent Teams

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

Group + Territory (or Role hierarchy)

1:1
Fully supported

Masergy team structures that map supervisor-to-agent relationships and team-level queue assignments export as structured roster data. We reapply them to Salesforce as either Salesforce Groups (for queue-scoped team assignments) or Role hierarchy placements (for territory-based assignments), depending on the customer's chosen Service Cloud org structure. The customer selects the model during scoping.

Masergy

Contact Center Queues

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

Case Queue + Omni-Channel Work Item

1:1
Mapping required

Masergy Cloud Contact Center queue definitions — routing rules, priority settings, and agent group memberships — map to Salesforce Case Queues and Omni-Channel routing configurations. Routing priority and SLA thresholds from Masergy queue settings translate to Omni-Channel Work Item priority values. We configure Omni-Channel Flows to replicate Masergy routing behavior once queue data is imported.

Masergy

UCaaS Contact Records

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

Contact

1:1
Fully supported

Masergy Global UCaaS user records that include name, email, phone, and extension data map to Salesforce Contact records. The Masergy extension assignment migrates as a custom field masergy_extension__c on Contact. Masergy contact records that include customer-facing support ticket data map to Case contacts; pure internal extension records map only to Contact without case linkage.

Masergy

CCaaS Case / Ticket History

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

Case

1:1
Fully supported

Masergy Cloud Contact Center case or ticket history — including subject, description, status, priority, created date, closed date, assigned agent, and associated contact — maps to Salesforce Case records. Masergy case thread messages migrate as Case Thread Entries or EmailMessage records linked to the Case. We preserve original timestamps via ActivityDate and Set Audit Fields Upon Record Creation enabled in the destination org.

Masergy

Dial Plans

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

(documentation only)

lossy
Mapping required

Masergy UCaaS dial plans define routing behavior for internal extensions, DID numbers, and outbound call routing. These are platform-specific routing configurations that have no direct Salesforce Service Cloud equivalent because Service Cloud does not manage voice infrastructure. We export the dial-plan rules as structured configuration documentation and deliver it to the customer's IT team to re-implement in their chosen voice infrastructure (Salesforce Voice Service, telephony partner, or separate UCaaS).

Masergy

UCaaS Users

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

Contact (extension records)

1:1
Mapping required

Masergy Global UCaaS user records include extension assignments, dial-plan membership, and device provisioning settings. We migrate the core user identity and extension data as Salesforce Contact records with a custom extension field. Device-level provisioning does not migrate; it is reconfigured in the destination voice infrastructure post-migration.

Masergy

SD-WAN Sites

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

(out of scope)

lossy
Mapping required

Masergy SD-WAN site definitions — tunnel configurations, WAN circuit assignments, and routing policies — are networking infrastructure configurations with no Salesforce Service Cloud equivalent. Service Cloud is a customer service and case management platform, not a network management system. We document the SD-WAN site inventory as a structured configuration export for the customer's networking team to re-implement in their chosen SD-WAN platform (Cisco Viptela, VMware SD-WAN, Versa, or similar).

Masergy

Managed Security Policies

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

(documentation only)

lossy
Fully supported

Masergy Managed Security policy rules — including firewall, IDS/IPS, and MDR configurations — are defined in Masergy's security portal and have no Salesforce Service Cloud equivalent. Service Cloud manages customer service operations, not network security. We export the security policy rule sets as structured configuration documentation and deliver it to the customer's IT or security team to re-implement with their chosen MSSP or security platform.

Masergy

Call Recordings

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

(not migrated)

lossy
Not supported

Call recordings generated within Masergy CCaaS are stored in Masergy's media infrastructure and cannot be downloaded or exported via any customer-accessible mechanism. This is a hard limitation. We flag recording storage boundaries upfront in the scope document and advise customers to retain recordings in-place or arrange a manual archive through Comcast Business support if compliance retention is required. Service Cloud's Salesforce Call Recording (if Voice Service is licensed) is not a migration target for existing Masergy recordings.

Masergy

MDR Alert History

maps to

Salesforce Service Cloud

(not migrated)

lossy
Fully supported

Managed Detection and Response alert logs and incident records are maintained in Masergy's internal SIEM and are not accessible via customer-facing tools. Alert history cannot migrate. We document this gap in the migration scope and recommend that customers export any required compliance or audit records before initiating migration using Masergy's managed security portal reporting features if available. Service Cloud does not include SIEM functionality.

Gotchas + challenges

What specifically takes care here

Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.

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Masergy gotchas

High

Acquisition by Comcast Business split the admin experience

High

No customer-facing API for data export

Medium

Call recording storage is non-portable

Medium

MDR alert and incident history not accessible

Low

Long-term contract exit negotiation required

Salesforce Service Cloud logo

Salesforce Service Cloud gotchas

High

Data Export 512MB file size cap breaks large org exports

High

API Daily Request Limits vary by license edition

High

No automatic data backup in base Salesforce

Medium

Picklist dependencies silently break records when unmapped

Medium

Workflow rules fire unexpectedly during data load

Pair-specific challenges

  • No customer-accessible API requires manual extraction coordination

    Masergy does not publish a documented customer-facing API for exporting agent records, queue configurations, or contact/ticket history. All data extraction must be requested through Comcast Business professional services or negotiated as part of the exit engagement. We work within this constraint by extracting whatever configuration exports are available through the admin portals manually and structuring them for Salesforce import. This adds coordination overhead and extends migration timelines by two to four weeks compared to platforms with open APIs. We identify which Masergy portal stack (legacy Masergy or Comcast Business) the tenant is on during discovery and map the correct extraction path accordingly.

  • Dual portal stack complicates credential and configuration mapping

    Masergy was acquired by Comcast Business in October 2021. Some tenants still operate on legacy Masergy portals (isc.masergy.com, ucportalus.comcast.com) while new provisioning and billing route through Comcast Business systems. The CCaaS contact center data may reside in one portal while user identities route through another. We identify the tenant's portal stack during discovery and map the correct credential and configuration paths. Migration from a legacy Masergy portal to Salesforce requires additional account re-provisioning steps that are not self-service and may require coordination with Comcast Business account management.

  • Call recording and MDR alert history are non-portable

    Call recordings are stored in Masergy's media infrastructure with no documented export path. MDR alert and incident history resides in Masergy's internal SIEM and is not accessible via customer-facing tools. Enterprises migrating away from Masergy Managed Security cannot export their alert history, and contact center recording archives are similarly locked. We flag these as hard limitations in the migration scope document and advise customers to retain recordings in-place or arrange a manual archive through Comcast Business support before initiating migration. Service Cloud Voice Service is not a target for migrating existing Masergy recordings.

  • Salesforce field-level security and validation rules can block case import

    Service Cloud orgs commonly enforce validation rules (required formats, conditional requireds, picklist whitelists) and field-level security that the migration user must explicitly bypass during data load. We coordinate with the customer's Salesforce admin to grant the migration user Modify All Data and Bulk API permissions, and we either temporarily disable validation rules during load or extend them with a migration-context check. Without this step, case imports fail on required fields, status values, or contact lookups that do not satisfy the org's existing validation logic.

  • Multi-year contract exit requires pre-migration negotiation

    Masergy SD-WAN and CCaaS services are typically sold under multi-year agreements with early termination fees and minimum commitment clauses. The exit process is not self-service and requires direct negotiation with Comcast Business account management. We flag contract review as a pre-migration requirement and advise customers to confirm their notice period and any ETF obligations before scoping the technical migration. This step runs in parallel with technical discovery but must be resolved before cutover begins.

Migration approach

Six steps for a successful Masergy to Salesforce Service Cloud data migration

  1. Discovery and portal stack identification

    We audit the Masergy tenant across both potential portal stacks (legacy Masergy and Comcast Business) to identify where CCaaS agent records, queue configurations, and contact/ticket data reside. We extract a data inventory: agent count, team count, queue count, contact record count, and case/ticket history volume. We pair this with a Salesforce Service Cloud edition assessment — Starter ($25/user) for basic case management, Professional ($100/user) for Flow and Omni-Channel routing, Enterprise ($175/user) for Skills-based routing and advanced case management — and confirm whether the destination org is existing (with a pre-built schema requiring gap analysis) or net-new.

  2. Comcast Business data extraction coordination

    Because Masergy has no customer-accessible API, we initiate the data extraction process by engaging Comcast Business professional services or coordinating with the customer's Masergy account manager to request structured exports of agent records, queue configurations, contact data, and case history. We structure the export requirements as a formal data request specification that the customer submits to Comcast Business. We validate the received exports against the discovery inventory (record counts, field presence, date ranges) and flag any gaps before proceeding to transformation.

  3. Destination schema design and Skills/Queue configuration

    We design the Salesforce Service Cloud destination schema. This includes creating Salesforce Queues for each Masergy contact center queue, creating Skills records for each Masergy agent skill tag, configuring Omni-Channel routing configurations to replicate Masergy queue routing logic and priority levels, creating custom fields (masergy_agent_id__c, masergy_queue_id__c, masergy_extension__c) for cross-reference and audit, and designing the Case Record Type and Page Layout assignments per queue. Schema deploys to a Salesforce Sandbox first for validation before any production migration begins.

  4. Sandbox migration and reconciliation

    We run a full migration into a Salesforce Sandbox (Full Copy or Partial Copy) using production-like data volume. The customer's Service Cloud admin and contact center operations lead reconcile record counts across all object types, spot-check 25-50 records against the Masergy source exports, and validate that queue routing logic reproduces correctly in Omni-Channel. Any field mapping corrections, missing lookups, or validation rule failures are resolved in the Sandbox before production migration begins. Sign-off from the customer's admin is required before we proceed to production.

  5. Production migration in dependency order

    We run production migration in record-dependency order: Salesforce Users (with SkillUser junctions resolved), Contacts (with masergy_extension__c populated), Case Queues and Omni-Channel configurations, then Case records (with ContactId, OwnerId, and QueueId resolved, and original timestamps preserved via Set Audit Fields). SD-WAN and managed security configurations are excluded from data migration and delivered as structured documentation. Call recording and MDR alert history are flagged as non-migratable and excluded from the scope.

  6. Cutover, validation, and workflow handoff

    We freeze Masergy writes during cutover, run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window, then enable Salesforce Service Cloud as the system of record for the contact center. We deliver a written inventory of any contact center routing rules, escalation logic, or SLA configurations that require rebuild in Salesforce Flow or Omni-Channel. We support a one-week hypercare window where we resolve reconciliation issues. We do not rebuild routing automations as code inside the migration scope; that is a separate engagement or an internal admin task.

Platform deep dives

Context on both ends of the pair

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Masergy

Source

Strengths

  • Managed SD-WAN with zero-touch provisioning and global backbone spanning multipleWAN transport types.
  • Unified Communications and Cloud Contact Center delivered as an integrated platform under one vendor relationship.
  • AI-driven network performance monitoring that automates app-aware routing and latency optimization.
  • Managed Security services (MDR, EDR, compliance testing) bundled with networking for mid-market enterprises.
  • Global presence and SLA-backed uptime guarantees for multinational enterprise deployments.

Weaknesses

  • No publicly documented self-service API for customer data export; all migration scoping requires Comcast Business professional services engagement.
  • Post-acquisition dual-portal environment (legacy Masergy portals alongside Comcast Business portals) creates administrative complexity for tenants still operating on pre-2021 configurations.
  • Call recording and alert history are stored in Masergy infrastructure with no documented export path for customer self-service data portability.
  • Pricing is opaque and enterprise-only, with no published tiers, per-seat costs, or self-service purchase options.
  • Support quality and responsiveness have reportedly declined post-acquisition as Masergy-specific expertise is absorbed into Comcast Business operations.
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Salesforce Service Cloud

Destination

Strengths

  • Enterprise-grade security, compliance certifications, and audit logging available across all paid editions with Shield offering enhanced event monitoring.
  • Scalable multi-tenant cloud architecture supporting orgs from 5 users to 150,000+ seat enterprises without infrastructure management overhead.
  • Omnichannel contact center unifying email, live chat, phone, messaging, and social into a single Case timeline per customer interaction.
  • Rich workflow automation via Salesforce Flow, Process Builder, and Apex triggers enabling complex case escalation, routing, and field updates.
  • Native AI capabilities (Agentforce / Einstein) for case auto-routing, classification, suggested responses, and chatbot escalation without third-party add-ons.

Weaknesses

  • Per-seat pricing model with no contact limits creates unpredictable cost scaling for large organizations adding many agents over time.
  • No automatic data backup — organizations must purchase a third-party backup solution or build manual Data Loader exports to protect against data loss from human error, failed deployments, or integrations overwriting records.
  • Steep learning curve for non-technical users requiring dedicated admin resources and formal training investment before teams reach productive velocity.
  • Annual contract requirements and limited pro-ration on exit create significant switching cost friction, especially for organizations evaluating alternatives mid-cycle.
  • Add-on licensing (CPQ, Einstein Activity Capture, Shield, Data Cloud) can double effective per-seat cost without clear documentation of which features are included in base tiers.

Complexity grading

How hard is this migration?

Standard Helpdesk migration. 1 of 7 objects need a manual workaround.

B

Overall complexity

Standard migration

Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Masergy and Salesforce Service Cloud.

  • Object compatibility

    B

    1 of 7 objects need a manual workaround.

  • Field mapping clarity

    C

    Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.

  • Timeline complexity

    B

    7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.

  • API constraints

    B

    Masergy: Not publicly documented.

  • Data volume sensitivity

    B

    Masergy doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.

Estimator

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Most migrations land between four and six weeks for accounts with under 500 agents, under 50,000 contacts, and fewer than 20 contact center queues. The primary variable is data extraction effort: because Masergy has no customer-facing API, the extraction phase adds coordination overhead of two to four weeks compared to platforms with open APIs. Migrations with large case histories (over 100,000 records), multi-level queue hierarchies, or extensive Comcast Business professional services coordination for data extraction extend to eight to twelve weeks.

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