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exchange on premise is necessary?
Hello,
I would have one question regarding synchronization of Active Directory users and exchange online.
My client's infrastructure consists of an active directory domain and a linux-based mail server.
Now he wants to migrate the mail service to exchange online and synchronize AD users in order to use the same credentials.
To synchronize the local directory with o365 I will use AAD connect.
In this architecture, is an exchange on premise necessary in order to manage all user attributes?
Thank you
Regards
Technically, it's not necessary. However, the only *supported* way to manage Exchange related objects and attributes is via the Exchange tools, thus for any configuration that involves AAD Connect it's recommended to have at least one Exchange box for management purposes. If you don't care about the *supported* bit, you can very well manage everything with the AD tools.
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Technically, it's not necessary. However, the only *supported* way to manage Exchange related objects and attributes is via the Exchange tools, thus for any configuration that involves AAD Connect it's recommended to have at least one Exchange box for management purposes. If you don't care about the *supported* bit, you can very well manage everything with the AD tools.
Vasil Michev thanks for the reply.
I need to understand what it means that the scenario is not *supported*.
Does that mean I am implementing the solution without the exchange on premise in case of a problem, can microsoft support refuse to support me because I am not in a supported scenario?
Can I use aduc and adsiedit to change attributes without the exchange on premise?Thank you
regards- You can use those tools yes, but regarding Microsoft support, yes they can just say it’s unsupported
