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Migration of MS Exchange to Azure VM Exchange Server
Hi, I am new to Azure and would like to know the steps involved to achieve, migrating MS Exchange Emails (on-premises) to Azure VM Exchange server. Also we have a MS 365 account for emails and would...
If you're in Hybrid, then you could move all the mailboxes back to your on-prem mailserver or create a DAG cluster between on-premise Exchange server and an Azure Exchange server. It's also discussed here (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/597487/exchange-server-dag-on-azure.html) but you will need Domain Controllers in Azure too and where to put the witness for the DAG cluster... But you will need to run a DAG cluster just for migrating mailboxes to the Exchange server in Azure and then you can remove the on-premise Exchange server.. You are still in Hybrid then, so you have the benefits of Teams calendar integration
Thank you for the clear details Harm_Veenstra. I will explore on the Domain controllers and look at docs reference also.
- Please be aware of the egress data, you will be billed for that and have to take that in consideration. Also, if you have exchange licensing in your 365 tenant already it could be a lot cheaper using that. Can I ask why you want the Azure Exchange server?