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Exchange – Transition to dedicated Exchange Hybrid application

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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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Exchange Online – Hybrid Configuration Wizard Could not convert string to DateTimeOffset error

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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

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Exchange – New Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard in preview

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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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Exchange – An updated Hybrid Configuration Wizard adds additional configuration transfer settings

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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

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