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Migrate from Skype for Business Hybrid to Skype for Business online
Earl,
When you say remove Hybrid mode and go to Cloud only, are you referring to Skype for Business Hybrid, or are you talking about even disconnecting Azure AD? For removing Hybrid from a Skype for Business Online tenant, you would simply change the required DNS over to point at Skype for Business Online, and then remove the configuration that was set via PowerShell to setup the "SharedSipAddressSpace" in SFBO. At that point, your Skype for Business Online environment is completely standing on its own (and on-prem servers can be decommissioned), but your user accounts themselves will still show "Synced", as they are created in your on-prem AD and synced to the Cloud using Azure AD Connect.
Sorry if I seem to be rambling, I just wanted to make sure it was all cleared up on your end.
Josh
Hi Josh,
Thanks for the clarification. My confusion was that we sync users to Office 365 today via Azure AD and assign licenses, however, they are not " in cloud" because we're in Hybrid mode.
I would like to see Microsoft include documentation on their site to remove Hybrid mode and go to cloud only. I hope this helps someone else that goes throught the sames steps as me.
Earl
Earl,
When you say remove Hybrid mode and go to Cloud only, are you referring to Skype for Business Hybrid, or are you talking about even disconnecting Azure AD? For removing Hybrid from a Skype for Business Online tenant, you would simply change the required DNS over to point at Skype for Business Online, and then remove the configuration that was set via PowerShell to setup the "SharedSipAddressSpace" in SFBO. At that point, your Skype for Business Online environment is completely standing on its own (and on-prem servers can be decommissioned), but your user accounts themselves will still show "Synced", as they are created in your on-prem AD and synced to the Cloud using Azure AD Connect.
Sorry if I seem to be rambling, I just wanted to make sure it was all cleared up on your end.
Josh
Josh,
That's correct and exactly what I mean. However, Microsoft just assumes that you know to do this. I'm not saying they are wrong and it all makes sense to me, but they should document it just like everything else on Technet.
Thanks,
Earl
Ah yes, that makes sense, I got ya!
Well, best of luck as you move forward, and look forward to bumping into within the Tech Community later on!
Josh
We made our DNS changes last weekend and I've turned off Hybrid connectivity. However, when we sync users from onprem AD to Azure and assign a Skype for Business plan 2 license, they are not displayed in the Skype for Business Admin Center. Does anyone know why this is not working?