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Drew Van Houten
Aug 29, 2016Copper Contributor
Retiring our hybrid Exchange Server
We are almost done migrating all of our Exchange on-premise mailboxes to Office 365 and want to retire the on-prem Exchange Server. In previous posts in the Yammer IT Pro group some said that this s...
David Margossian
Sep 01, 2016Brass Contributor
As i understand it, retiring that Hybrid server is a one-way move that is fine if you never need it again. i believe that at this time there are still many reasons to keep it, reporting, configuration, and "horseshoes". "Horseshoes" are those good luck charms that you keep in your pocket for miracles. Aquistions, divestitures, new partners, and "stuff" that Exchange online just hasn't thought of yet. Your Hybrid provides that opportunity for the unknown. At least that is and has been my view so far. Is Microsoft closing the gap quickly and removing the unknown? Yes. Just not quite there yet - David