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Remove On Premises exchange Hybrid and go fully Online
To reiterate my older comments here, on my previous job we have decommissioned on-prem Exchange and used it this way for 2 years when i was still working there and for 2 next years i haven't heard from my ex-mates about any problems with that either. We even did it first as it was recommended by the official MS partners who helped with migration to O365 and EXO. They never warned us about this setup not being a supported one (which i now know is not supported). They showed us how to work with ADUC and some stuff we learned on our own (editing attributes, adding aliases, etc.). So with such a small userbase and limited resources i would just pull the plug on Exchange on-prem.
Btw, this obviously was the most popular question during Ignite 2019 and in blog post they promise (again) some solution in a year or so. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/faqs-from-exchange-and-outlook-booths-at-2019-microsoft-ignite/ba-p/1053448
Hello to all,
please allow me to share with you the following article, it seems that it will be soon possible to remove the old Exchange server and stay supported from Microsoft :
https://www.granikos.eu/en/justcantgetenough/PostId/1858/remove-the-last-exchange-server?fbclid=IwAR2bIuSo8JVB-CEL-O1abHUEyfcRCdW4Q2VJdYU3TZ3mBzdJIFPLe5BWgPQ
Have fun!
Spikar
Richard_Pettigrew Pretty cool if supported
Interesting...these steps would seem to concur with my intial thinking and steps I suggested.
1. Means you can keep the current o365 tenant
2. Means you can remove Exchange Hybridr setup
3. Means you can Uninstall Exchange
4. Means you can reconfig AADSync for only Password Sync or discontinue if you choose to eventially do away with any on-prem DC in the future.
I think the case handler is quite new, But after a lot of clarification the instructions are pretty clear...
Yes. Some validity. Don't know if MS will be pressured by these screenshots if they later refuse to provide support 🙂 But i don't know who can provide a definitive answer here.
I opened a case... Here are some screenshots for your information. I have asked for validation that this is a supported scenario, but since I have step by step instructions I think there might be some validity.
Your comments?
- Have you read that this was April's 1 joke? If this was possible it would be screamed at every corner 🙂
