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pazzoide76
Iron Contributor
Jun 26, 2020

Journaling in Exchange Online

Hello, I have some questions about Journaling on Exchange online. I currently have an Exchange infrastructure consisting of two Exchange 2016 servers in DAG with the journaling standard enabled at ...
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VasilMichev
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Jun 26, 2020

That's correct, you cannot use any mailbox within Exchange Online as target for Journaling, even if from a different tenant. Your options are to use a third-party alternative, an on-premises mailbox/server or switch to using holds instead (and keep data in place, which is Microsoft's preferred solution anyway).

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pazzoide76
Iron Contributor
Jun 30, 2020

VasilMichev 

Thanks for the reply.
For example, can a mailbox on gmail be used for alternate journaling mailbox for undeliverable journal reports?

Thank you

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    VasilMichev
    MVP
    Jun 30, 2020

    Sure, if you are willing to risk using a free service for something as sensitive as journaling...

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      pazzoide76
      Iron Contributor
      Jul 02, 2020

      VasilMichev 

      Thanks for the reply.
      But isn't alternate journaling mailbox used only when journaling mailbox isn't available?
      The argument is that I don't want to use any mailboxes on premises anymore.
      I want to use the exchange on presmises only for management

      Thank you

      Regards

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        VasilMichev
        MVP
        Jul 02, 2020

        It's still data that you need to store/provide, I personally wouldn't want to rely on a free service for such.