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JHNN3791
Copper Contributor
Feb 26, 2019

Force Exchange to send email outside

Hello,

I currently have 2 accounts for 2 companies in Exchange 365. domainA.com & domainB.com

I would like to add domainB.com to the domainA account in order to have something to unify.

 

So I added a second domain in my account A and I created the TXT in the dns but I have not yet change the MX. Users are not yet creating on domainB because I have to migrate the old exchange.

 

The trouble is that when adding the domainB in domainA, exchange sends the mail inside and so when paul@doaminA.com sends to peter@domainB.com, the sender receives an email like what the user does not exist. => Logic they are not yet create

 

To put it simply, I would like to force exchange to send mail to the outside more than to relay it internally.

 

Thank you  in advance for you help.

exchange
migration
office 365
  • NunoAriasSilva's avatar
    NunoAriasSilva
    MVP
    Feb 26, 2019

    Hi JHNN3791 ,

     

    You can create as the following.

     

    1. Connect to Exchange Online PowerShell.
    2. Create the Distribution List (DL):
      New-DistributionGroup -Name "NotMigratedUsers"
    3. Add All Users to this DL.
    4. Create the Connector:
      $result = New-OutboundConnector -Name "OnPremConnector" -ConnectorType OnPremises -SmartHosts "<fill smart host to source environment>" -UseMXRecord $false -IsTransportRuleScoped $true
      • -SmartHosts entry needs to be set to the URL or IP Address of the Source environment server.
    5. Create Rule:
      $result = New-TransportRule -Name "Pilot" -SentToMemberOf "NotMigratedUsers" -RouteMessageOutboundConnector "OnPremConnector"

    When a user is fully migrated, remove the user from the DL, and they will receive their email in their own Office 365 mailbox.

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