Hi All,
I’m using Azure AD Connect v 1.4.18 to Sync my On-premise AD to Azure & Office
365 as part of my
Hybrid Exchange 2013 and Office 365 setup.
I have already migrated all mailboxes to Office 365, so now I’m about to decommission the Exchange Server On-premise so that I do not have to manage Exchange and wait for the Sync in between two
environment.
What’s the best way to remove the Exchange servers safely while maintaining email flow for the Outlook 365 clients?
Can I just uninstall all Exchange servers in my Data Center and then it will not impacting all mail flow in the business hours?
Since as per: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Exchange-Team-Blog/Decommissioning-your-Exchange-2010-servers-in-a-Hybrid/ba-p/597185
Conclusion Most of the time the reason for most organizations that have configured a hybrid deployment, removing the last Exchange server from the on-premises environment will have adverse effects. In most cases, we recommend that you leave at least one Exchange 2010 Server on-premises for mailbox management unless you are getting rid of the on-premises messaging and identity management dependencies altogether.
Yes, I will get rid of all Exchange servers in my data center.
What's the best steps or is this supported?
I still want to keep myOn-premise AD for User management and authentication.
and also the Public Folders since it is heavily used.
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