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Steve_Conn
Microsoft
MicrosoftDiscontinuation of support for Session Border Controllers in Exchange Online Unified Messaging
In July 2018, we will no longer support the use of Session Border Controllers (SBC) to connect 3 rd Party PBX systems to Exchange Online Unified Messaging (UM). We're making this change to provide ...
Just to clarify, Is Microsoft allowing us to still deploy SBC to Exchange UM currently? (Specifically in the .EDU space) provided we are fully understanding that support will end in July 2018? The late disclosure of this after budgeting decisions and purchases have been made for the upcoming year is troubling.
You can if you set it up before July 2017 I think... otherwise, no. If you had it set up before, you can continue to operate until 2018. If you haven't started yet, the option shouldn't be there anymore.