Background: the “last Exchange server” challenge
Many organizations that moved all mailboxes to Exchange Online keep an on-premises Exchange server solely for managing recipient attributes. In hybr...
Updated Sep 02, 2025
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Introducing Cloud-Managed Remote Mailboxes: a Step to Last Exchange Server Retirement
I want to point out a fairly new addition to the FAQ. You need to elevate your rights before setting isCloudManaged. I scratched my head many hours before realizing that this was added to the FAQ sometime beginning of September.
kumarmukesh
Microsoft
MicrosoftYes elevation of access to Global Admin or Hybrid Identity Admin is needed for now. This will not be required after GA. We will provide more clarification in GA announcement next month.