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Exchnage Cutover Migration to office 365
Hi there, I am checking the exchange cutover migration from on-premises to exchange online and all the steps are clear for me. I just have one question that i did not find a clear answer for it...
Hi najwan,
cut over migration means that you have not set up an AAD sync before, right?
In order for users to be able to use the same password from the AD in the cloud, it must be synchronized.
Alternatively, you can set a new one for each user, which will then of course be different from the AD password.
There are two possible scenarios for the migration:
1. setting up the AAD Connect and migrating the mailboxes via the hybrid configuration
2. cutover migration and subsequent synchronization via AAD Connect with manual effort
I would recommend mapping scenario one. You can still switch the mailflow to M365 afterwards.
cut over migration means that you have not set up an AAD sync before, right?
In order for users to be able to use the same password from the AD in the cloud, it must be synchronized.
Alternatively, you can set a new one for each user, which will then of course be different from the AD password.
There are two possible scenarios for the migration:
1. setting up the AAD Connect and migrating the mailboxes via the hybrid configuration
2. cutover migration and subsequent synchronization via AAD Connect with manual effort
I would recommend mapping scenario one. You can still switch the mailflow to M365 afterwards.
- Hi Philip,
yes we don't AAD connect...
in case i want to follow Microsoft approach and to not have AADConnect, just to understand how it works, when provisioning the users in the cloud while doing the cutover migration this is an automated task will be completed when starting the migration batch.
The question, how the provisioned user is created and what will be the password or i have to go and reset the passwords of all provisioned users?najwan: The users are created as soon as you complete the migration. You must then reset the password.
