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Updated May 11, 2021
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Andreas Zinic
Hi Andreas. In our hybrid configuration we create the resources on-premise and then change the type in Exchange Online once it has synced. Here are the essential PowerShell Commands we use:
- New-RemoteMailbox with the -Room tag
- Check if the room exists in Exchange Online with: Get-Mailbox $UPN
- If it finds the room, change the mailbox type with Set-Mailbox $Alias -Type Workspace
That is the basics of how we do it for our hybrid configuration. If you aren't familiar with PowerShell then I recommend doing PowerShell courses and reading about the commands on Microsoft docs to create your own workflow scripts:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-remotemailbox?view=exchange-ps
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/get-mailbox?view=exchange-ps
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-mailbox?view=exchange-ps
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-remotemailbox?view=exchange-ps
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/get-mailbox?view=exchange-ps
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/set-mailbox?view=exchange-ps