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Pros and Cons Cloud Only Configuration
VasilMichevI have seen that documentation but it does not offer the answers to the questions that I have. We are trying to decide if we need to keep the hybrid exchange environment or get rid of it and I would like to know what other's have done and experienced. Is there a drawback going to Cloud only accounts? Are there caveats to keeping AD Sync/AD Connect without having the Exchange on-premises hybrid server other than you cannot manage some extended attributes?
Cloud-only and keeping AAD Connect are two different things, the latter requiring you to keep at least one Exchange box if you want to stay in "supported" configuration. If you are OK with the "supported" bit and feel confident you can manage objects and attributes directly via ADUC or PowerShell, then go for it, technically there are no blockers for such configuration.
If you do a real "cloud-only", you loose the central management, so any change you make in AD will have to be manually pushed to the cloud, and vice versa.