Microsoft Exchange Hybrid in Just 30mins

In this episode I take a look at the secrets behind managing a Microsoft Exchange Hybrid deployment. From a short presentation on everything you need to know how to do it., to a detailed demo on how it’s actually done. If you’re a Microsoft 365 admin, Exchange admin, or simply studying for certification, then this is a session for you. On top of this we also have our usual Question Time in which I cover one of your questions.

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00:00 Session begins
02:39 Exchange Hybrid learning presentation. Architecture, Config Wizard, Remote mailbox moves and troubleshooting
20:59 Demos: Hybrid Exchange pre-requisites. Certificate, DNS, Azure AD Connect install & config.
27:01 Install & configure the Exchange Hybrid Configuration wizard
34:05 Question Time
36:56 Session conclusions

[chivosays]

You are making a difference in people lives. Thank you

[claytonc]

An oldie but a goodie, I was having trouble with a Hybrid setup giving errors, popped over to your site and found exactly what I needed.
Great content as always Andy! Thank you, The Channel is fantastic and never dissapoints.

[jasonchen]

Thanks for the kind words, I'm always happy to help! Let know if you'd like any videos on specific topics in the future. I wish you all the

[rqwlrzw]

Thank you Andy for your great video. Now I am much closer to understanding of how the hybrid works.

[LhenTrickz]

Your videos are amazing. Very informative and easy to understand. Keep on doing videos like this please. Great help for starter like me.

[Timmy-Hi]

2:25min > hahha enjoy the channel ..nice one :) :) :) like always the best of best Andy is the MVPMan

[bejaleel]

Such an amazing video.. you are the Master..

[Aman-ioql]

Thank you so much your videos are so helpful😀

[emmanuelchrispher]

Thanks so much i will always be there, when u make a new video. i hope u will continue all of the time

[patrickwalker]

Excellent Video. Would you consider doing a video specifically on performing an Exchange Hybrid Health Check?

[AgentLumidee]

@Andy, Please share the link to the full videos where you follow the steps highlighted in this video step by step. You were mainly paraphrasing everything. Thanks

[vishalbhatia]

Hey Andy, its great to see your videos always. Learning every time new things. I have a small ask. I am also getting the same error as what you are getting within the Last page of HCW. I am not sure if something is wrong however mail flow is not working. Could you please make a video on the same like what to configure in on-premises like external URLs/Internal URLs along with the records like autodiscover and how we should point them.

[stevek]

Great Video! Quick question. We have currently implemented a hybrid exchange setup but I am unsure the best place to make updates to current users mailboxes. I have a user whos main mailbox has been migrated to M365 but he has additional SMTP mailboxes linked to his account. Would I remove these mailboxes in our on-prem Exchange admin center? Or within M365 admin portal? Thanks!!

[vincentreilly]

Hi! Great video. Can you explain how you are meant to verify your domain in O365 (mx records, txt etc) if the domain is being used to point toward an on premises exchange/3rd party spam filter?

[jazzpabla]

Great video thanks for the break down on Hybrid Exchange. (Question) If you perform any of these steps incorrectly can bring down you're on-premise Exchange environment? Also does Microsoft have a step by step guide on how to setup and perform a Hybrid migration?

[huzz]

Thank you for the amazing video. But I have a small question. Is it necessary to select "Mark this key as exportable"? I couldn't find it in any Microsoft documentation. Why did I ask this question? :) Because I have a problem with migration mailboxes. I did not check this option when configuring hybrid deployment. Maybe my problem is related to the option.

[joseovalles]

Hello Andy, thanks for the Video really good work. May I ask you, is any difference if I select the edge server that is on a DMZ on the wizard instead the Cas server ?… on the other hand how can I undo the Hybrid configuration ? Thanks in advance

[harpoon_bakery]

is there a PART 2? there are a lot of things going on during the final cutover to the cloud (when the on-prem exchange boxes go dark or at least gray)....a lot has to happen -- devices that use on-prem exchange for SMTP email services (MF Copiers, Backup software for notifications, etc.) must be planned for and changed over to one of many forms of device O365 Authentication, Steps that need to be done for the DNS records (autodiscover, MX, SPF), for the ports in the firewall that were previously punched open, for Spam Filtering continuation, Rules that need to be set up in the Exchange Online management interface if you are going to use an outside Spam-Filter service (which many do), also, In the 365 admin center you have to go to "Domains" and perform steps in there to finalize and shut-off the Hybrid Mode for each domain (it also shows you what the public DNS records need to look like) so that the routing of email is no longer local (MX record previously points to the WAN IP and is port-forwarded to the local Exchange LAN IP) ....as it was routing still through on-prem exchange.,

[sleba]

Hi, we have a cloud office 365 platform with E1 licenses, we use Teams and our Exchange mail is on-premise. We currently use onmicrosoft addresses in the cloud. We would like to implement an ad connect so that the same user password can be used to log in to both 2 interfaces and Teams history is not lost.
After the hybrid setup, we set the DNS to our own domain, all UPNs matched, but still the AD connect did not pair the on-premises and cloud user. Created a completely new user in the cloud. What could be the cause of the error? Is it even possible to pair in a hybrid setup?

[Cyber-]

Wonderful video - few questions if that’s ok - i have an environment that already has adconnect and users synced to 365 (but with exchange online unticked in services) because this was previously conflicting, at what point can I tick to turn on exchange online on the mailbox again? I’d assume after the hybrid option is selected in ADconnect? And finally, would performing any of these steps invoke any downtime or can it be done in the background?