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dbrenserv2024

Copper Contributor

Feb 07, 2025

Removing Exchange on-prem

Hi, We have inherited several sites where hybrid Exchange migrations were executed. Mailboxes have moved to M365 etc, but there is still an on-prem Exchange 2016 Server and ADSync is still in...

Exchange Server

hybrid

Andres-Bohren

Steel Contributor

Feb 08, 2025

hi dbrenserv2024

I've done that in the past.
It's not about removing Exchange - it's about converting to Cloud Only and removing the OnPrem Infrastructure.

https://blog.icewolf.ch/archive/2021/05/22/decomission-exchange-hybrid-and-move-to-cloud-only-part-1/

https://blog.icewolf.ch/archive/2021/05/31/decomission-exchange-hybrid-and-move-to-cloud-only-part-2/

Kind Regards
Andres

dbrenserv2024

Copper Contributor

Feb 10, 2025

Thanks,

That does look like quite a complex and involved process just to remove exchange on prem. I guess microsoft don't have a simpler GUI based method?