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SfB Hybrid Modern Auth w/ EXO goes Public Preview

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Natasha Desai
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Oct 06, 2017
Last week at Microsoft Ignite, we announced that Modern Authentication for Skype for Business server has gone to Public Preview. This means  that the following topologies are now supported in Public ...
Updated Oct 06, 2017
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Eddie Burkett
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Oct 09, 2017

We currently have Exchange setup in a hybrid scenario with users both online and on-prem. I'm reading over the requirements on the Skype Preview website, which say that Exchange on-prem is not currently supported.

 

I'm not 100% clear on what this means--does that mean that we could still participate in the preview and only use modern auth for those folks whose mailboxes are in the cloud?

 

If HMA is enabled, would EXO use modern auth and Exchange on-prem still use the same methods it does today?...or if HMA is enabled, would that completely break auth to Exchange on-prem?

 

We're wanting to give this a try so that we can use Intune MAM for Skype on-prem. From talking with folks are Ignite a couple weeks back, we were told that HMA is a requirement for us to be able to do this.

 

Thanks.