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Start migration with remote move migration and complete with AzCopy
Hi there. We are in the process of migrating users from an Exchange 2013 server to Office 365. The environment is already in a hybrid setup and we are migrating mailboxes. The issue we ar...
OK, so here is how I did it in case someone else has the same issue:
1. Create an archiving policy, e.g. archive emails older than 3 months.
2. Apply policy on mailboxes, enable archiving and use the Start-ManagedFolderAssistant command to start archiving.
3. Once emails have been moved to the archive mailbox and the primary mailbox's size has decreased, change the archiving policy to "no policy".
4. Export only the archive to PST format using the command below:
New-MailboxExportRequest -mailbox email address removed for privacy reasons -IsArchive -filepath \\<Server IP>\d$\johndoe_archive.pst
5. Upload the archive PST to Azure blob using AzCopy
6. Disable the archive on the user's mailbox.
7. Move only the primary mailbox to Office 365 using remote move migration.
8. Once the migration is complete, reattach the archive PST file to the mailbox.
1. Create an archiving policy, e.g. archive emails older than 3 months.
2. Apply policy on mailboxes, enable archiving and use the Start-ManagedFolderAssistant command to start archiving.
3. Once emails have been moved to the archive mailbox and the primary mailbox's size has decreased, change the archiving policy to "no policy".
4. Export only the archive to PST format using the command below:
New-MailboxExportRequest -mailbox email address removed for privacy reasons -IsArchive -filepath \\<Server IP>\d$\johndoe_archive.pst
5. Upload the archive PST to Azure blob using AzCopy
6. Disable the archive on the user's mailbox.
7. Move only the primary mailbox to Office 365 using remote move migration.
8. Once the migration is complete, reattach the archive PST file to the mailbox.