When the move to the cloud, customers had on-premises footprint with especially messaging systems – such as Exchange Server, which leaded to implement Exchange hybrid configuration with directory synchronization. Years later, there is still need to maintain a low level Exchange on-premises footprint to manage remote mailboxes. Even if Microsoft has made so progress by […]
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You may have missed the announcement earlier in April (Released: April 2025 Exchange Server Hotfix Updates | Microsoft Community Hub) but Exchange Hybrid configuration is transitioning to a dedicated Exchange Hybrid app in Entra instead of using Exchange Web Services (EWS). It is important to start transitioning now as starting August 19th 2025, Microsoft is
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This is change will only impact customers in Exchange hybrid configuration and using cloud archive feature. Starting May 12, 2025, access to the cloud archive mailbox for an on-premises mailbox will not longer be possible when accessing using Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on the Web). Access to the cloud archive will not
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If you work with Exchange and Exchange Online in hybrid mode, you already know that when a mailbox is moved to Exchange Online, the on-premises Exchange redirect/notify the user to access Exchange Online Outlook Web Access URL when using the ‘old’/on-premises OWA URL. Well, now Exchange Online can do the same for mailboxes still on
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As you are now aware, the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) has been recently updated (see https://t.co/p3WYcmBpGD) to reach a new major version(17.xxx) Well, after updating the HCW to the latest version, you may face the following issue when you try to run it to configure or update your Exchange Hybrid Configuration when connecting to
As you know by now, you can setup Exchange in hybrid configuration to integrate your Exchange on-premises infrastructure with Exchange Online; this is done using the Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) which is available for download and provide a wide range of configuration options (from lightweight to complete/classic configuration). Well, good new, the HCW just got
As you may be aware the Exchange Hybrid Agent has been in preview fro quite some time (see https://t.co/dAB3IKJw1z). The Hybrid Agent is aimed to provide a simpler way to implement Exchange Hybrid between Exchange on-premises and Exchange Online. Well, good news, the Hybrid Agent is now generally available (GA). Firs thing to know is
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As you may be aware, the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) is evolving and is currently proposing an ‘Hybrid Agent’ mode in preview (see https://t.co/lRmjI6r6Dv). Well, the Hybrid Agent preview has been updated and is now providing more capability: Multi agent support: you can now deploy more than one Hybrid Agent in your environment Manual
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A new Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) is now available in preview. This new Hybrid Configuration Wizard is called either Hybrid Agent or Modern Hybrid to differentiate it from the current HCW version. This new HCW has a lower inbound/outbound connectivity requirements and use an agent, making it more appropriate for install in DMZ. The
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As you may be aware, the Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW) has been able to migrate some organization configuration settings (ActiveSync Mailbox Policy, Mobile Device Mailbox Policy, Retention Policy and Tag) to Exchange Online since June 2018. Now, an updated version is coming and will be able to add additional organization settings like: ActiveSync Device
