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Exchange hybrid deployment with servers in different locations
Hi there, one of our customers is planning to migrate to O365 (Exchange Online in first line) from Exchange 2010 SP3. We want to provide a proper advise how to migrate. They utilize a single AD ...
Hi woelki ,
Is advised that you have an Hybrid server in the infrastructure. You can install an Exchange 2013 or 2016 on the same Exchange infrastructure and then after configure hybrid and test mail flow, migration some test mailboxes you can migrate directly from the Exchange to Office 365.
You can read more here https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/exchange-hybrid
Hi NunoAriasSilva,
thanks for your reply. I ofter heard that you should deploy hybrid starting with Exchange 2010 or higher, but why? I have here two articles which are confusing me.
The older one from year 2016 about the hybrid configuration wizard for Exchange 2010:
Office 365 Hybrid Configuration wizard for Exchange 2010
And the newer one:
The Microsoft Hybrid Agent Public Preview
Kind regards,
Woelki
Hi woelki ,
Is advised to have Hybrid with Exchange 2013 or 2016 that can coexist with your Exchange 2010.
The first link is not advised to follow because is with Exchange 2010. The second one that is in preview also not advised and supported in production and have some limitiations.
The better solution is to have an Exchange 2013 or 2016 hybrid has I have mentioned before.
Hi NunoAriasSilva,
one additional question. Will the 2013/2016 server be created in the same Exchange Org or is it a dedicated one?
Kind regards,
woelki
Will you migrate all your mailboxes to Exchange Online? If yes, upgrade after the migration, Exchange 2010 support ends 2010.
There is no kind of "hybrid server" and if you plan to migrate all your objects to Exchange Online, you don't need to place any new Exchange server in your org. But keep in mind that you have to upgrade anyway until 2020. As a best practices advice, do it after the migration to Exchange Online, and only for one site.
