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Migrating on prem 2016 to a cloned Azure VM in a hybrid environment
Thank you for your reply Dan
The cloning sounded risky.
I am looking at recreating the exchange server from a fresh install and then using the "move to a different database" option in EAC to move any on prem mailboxes to the new server.
I found 7 arbitration mailboxes and am unsure whether I need to move these or if these are unique and are created by default on each exchange installation.
I am in the process of recreating all on prem recipients (mailboxes, groups, resources, contacts, shared) in 365 so that there are none on prem.
IIS is another area I am looking at as there are default sites like EAC etc. which are recreated by default however others look manually created.
Apart from using on prem exchange server as an SMTP relay I don't see any other reason for continuing the hybrid setup in the future, however as our ERP team may be using this functionality (including IIS) I have to continue being hybrid until a new solution is found there.
