Exchange 2016 is approaching the end of extended support and will be out of support on October 14 th , 2025. If you are using Exchange Server 2019, you will be able to in-place upgrade to the next ve...
Updated Jun 05, 2025
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Nino_Bilic
Microsoft
Microsoftrasmusan We have no plans to extend the supported lifecycle of Exchange Server 2019, no. As we laid out in our May announcement, our recommendation is to upgrade to Exchange 2019 now and the simply "install a CU update" that will rebrand the server to Exchange Server SE. Multi-year migration not needed.
Flyingbirds170 We are actively working on Windows Server 2025 support. We'll announce when it materializes!
Dr_M_HELM The best that we have to offer right now (while knowing it is not exactly what everyone likes) is to install management tools on a workstation and use PowerShell for management if SOA (Source of Authority) is still on-premises because of Entra Sync. Manage recipients in Exchange Server 2019 Hybrid environments | Microsoft Learn
We are trying to eliminate Exchange Server 2016 on-prem by following https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/manage-hybrid-exchange-recipients-with-management-tools. We have a problem where the first execution of commands (like Set-RemoteMailbox) in a session takes about 90 seconds to run. How can we identify for Microsoft Support which team supports "Add-PSSnapin *RecipientManagement"? The Exchange on-prem team has said that they do not support anything with "PSSnapin".
