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    Hosted Exchange to Office 365 migration

    Steps to migrate Hosted Exchange to Office 365 using EdbMails software

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  • Exchange Migration Overview
  • Initial Setup
  • System Requirements
  • Installation
    • Installation process
    • Reinstall or Upgrade
    • How to uninstall
  • FAQ
    • General
    • Migration Free Trial / Demo
    • Migration License
    • Before Migration
    • Migration - Steps
    • After Migration
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    • Exchange to Exchange
    • Exchange to Office 365
    • Exchange to PST
    • Public Folder to Office 365
    • Archive Mailbox to Office 365
    • Public Folder to Exchange
    • Archive Mailbox to Exchange
  • Screenshots
    • Exchange to Exchange
    • Exchange to Office 365
    • Exchange to PST
  • How it works?
    • Exchange to Exchange
    • Exchange to Office 365
    • Exchange to PST
    • Exchange Public Folder to Office 365
    • Exchange Public Folder to Exchange
    • Exchange 2010 to 2016 Public folder
    • Exchange 2013 Public folder to Office 365
    • Exchange 2016 Public folder to Office 365
    • Exchange Public Folder to Shared Mailbox
    • Archive Mailbox to Office 365
    • Archive Mailbox to Exchange
    • Hosted Exchange Migration
    • Hosted Exchange to Live Exchange Migration
    • Hosted Exchange to Office 365 Migration
    • Live Exchange to Hosted Exchange Migration
    • Hosted Exchange Public Folder to Office 365 Migration
    • Cross-forest migration from Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2019/2016
    • Hybrid Migration
    • Public folder Migration in Hybrid Environment
    • Migrate GAL and all address list
    • Disable msExchMailboxGuid
  • Connect to Exchange server for multiple mailboxes migration
    • Connect with Global Admin
    • Connect to Multiple users using CSV file
    • Connect using full access permission
    • Connect individual users for Single / Specific user Migration
  • Connect to Hosted Exchange for its Migration
    • Connect with Full Access permissions
    • Connect to multiple users using CSV file
    • Connect to Individual user for migration
  • Connect to Office 365
    • Modern Authentication Using OAuth 2.0
      • Microsoft 365 modern authentication
      • Automatic Registration
      • Manual Registration
    • Connect with Global Admin
    • Connect to Office 365 with full access permission
    • Connect to Office 365 with CSV file option
    • Connect to Office 365 as single user mailbox
  • Set Exchange Server Impersonation rights
    • Exchange 2007 and below
    • Exchange 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019
    • Set using Exchange Server GUI
  • Understanding the Application
    • Program's Component
    • Migration
    • Incremental Migration
    • Exchange Throttling Policy
  • Set Office 365 Impersonation rights
    • Using PowerShell commands
    • Using Office 365 GUI
  • Migration Types
    • Cutover Migration
    • Staged Migration
    • Hybrid Migration
  • Map the Mailboxes
  • Migration Walkthrough
    • From Exchange 2003
    • From Exchange 2007
    • From Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2019
    • From Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016
    • From Exchange 2010 to Office 365
    • From Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2019
    • From Exchange 2013 to Exchange 2016
    • From Exchange 2013 to Office 365
    • From Exchange 2016 to Exchange 2019
    • From Exchange 2016 to Office 365
    • From Exchange 2019 to Office 365
    • From Office 365
  • Multifactor Authentication
    • Enable MFA in Office 365
    • Create App password for MFA
    • Disable Security Defaults

EdbMails Exchange migration software is a simple and cost-effective solution for moving mailbox data from the source Hosted Exchange server to the target Office 365 server. With its advanced features, the software transforms and simplifies the Hosted Exchange migration for administrators.

Hosted Exchange to Office 365 migration

This unique approach makes the entire migration easy, reliable and ensures safe, effortless migration to Office 365. During the migration operation, the application ensures zero downtime and does not alter any of your data maintaining perfect consistency.

  1. Pre Migration activities

    • Step 1: Set the impersonation role to the admin user on the source

      Ensure that you set the ApplicationImpersonation permissions to the admin account on the Hosted Exchange server (source).

    • Step 2: Create mailboxes on the target Office 365 server

      Before you migrate to Office 365, ensure that you create mailboxes for users in your organization and assign suitable licenses to them.

       Add users and assign licenses to Office 365 users

       Assign Microsoft 365 licenses to user accounts

      If you plan to migrate Public folders to Office 365, ensure that you create and configure the Public folder mailboxes on the target server.

       Create Office 365 Public folder and assign mailbox user
    • Step 3: Set impersonation role to the admin user on the target

      Ensure that you have set the impersonation rights to the admin account on the target Office 365 server.

    • Step 4: Add a custom domain to Office 365 (Optional)

      If you have a custom email domain from your hosting provider to which you want to migrate and receive emails, you must add and verify the domain on Office 365.

       Steps to add custom domain to Office 365
  2. Hosted Exchange to Office 365 Migration

    1. Step 1: Download and install EdbMails Exchange server migration software setup

      a. Download EdbMails and install the application on any computer that is connected to the source and target environment. You can also perform the migration operation by installing EdbMails on a non-Exchange server computer.

      b. Launch the application and click 'Login' or 'Start Your Free Trial'.

      c. Select the migration method as Live Exchange migration.

       Refer to the link for a detailed list of EdbMails system requirements for Exchange migration.

      Note: If the Standard folders (such as Inbox, Calendar, Contacts) on your source Exchange server mailboxes are initialized with a different language, follow the below details to migrate these folders to the respective system folders on the target (destination) server.

      For Instance: If your source Inbox folder is named 'Boîte de réception', which is in French language and you migrate this folder directly to the destination server, then by default it will not be mapped to the 'Inbox' folder on the target server. In order to map the folder with the french name to the respective folder, change the regional settings on the target server to match that of your source mailbox folder language (in this case, it is French).

       Click here to know the steps to change the language and regional settings on Exchange server

    2. Step 2: 'Login' or 'Start Your Free Trial' to access the application

      In the Connect to Exchange server (Source) window, select 'Connect using Global Admin User'. Refer to the link for instructions on how to use the different Exchange server connection methods supported by EdbMails.

       With EdbMails, you can migrate mailboxes, public folders, and archive mailboxes from Hosted Exchange to Office 365.

    3. Step 3: Select the mailboxes and connect to Office 365

      Select the mailboxes and folders from the Hosted Exchange that you wish to migrate to Office 365.

      Click 'Migrate to Office 365' to setup the connection with the target server

      If this is the first time you’re migrating with EdbMails, the migration is a full migration. On subsequent migrations from the same source to the target, the migration is incremental.

    4. Step 4: Customize the Hosted Exchange migration operation

      EdbMails provides the following additional options to help you customize the migration task.

      1. Additional Include and Exclude Filter Options
      2. Filter emails by Date: Migrate to Exchange 2019 by applying the Date filter
      3. Filter emails by Size: Exclude emails from migration larger than a specified size.
    5. Step 5: Connect to target Office 365 as Global Admin User

      EdbMails supports both modern and classic authentication. Connect to the target server by selecting Auto or Manual registration (modern authentication) and the connection method as Mailboxes, Public folder or Archive Mailbox.

       Connect to Office 365 server using secure modern authentication

    6. Step 6: Map the mailboxes between the source and the target

      The mapping activity in EdbMails can automatically match and map the mailboxes and folders between Exchange and Office 365 and saves time when you’re migrating a large number of mailboxes.

    7. Step 7: Start the migration from Hosted Exchange to Office 365

      Start and monitor the migration operation after you complete the mailbox mapping. Finally, verify the count of migrated emails, folders and mailbox items with EdbMails text-based log report.

  3. Post-migration tasks

    • Step 1: Update the MX records to point to Office 365

      To receive messages on Office 365, change the DNS records known as MX records to enable email to work with the new server you have migrated to. In addition, configure the Autodiscover record to allow Outlook to connect to the migrated mailboxes.

    • Step 2: Create a new Outlook profile for users in the new domain

      Configure the Outlook profile for each user in your domain if Outlook has problems connecting to Office 365.

  4. Exchange migration troubleshooting

     Refer to the Exchange migration troubleshooting guide for possible solutions related to migration errors. For more information on EdbMails Exchange migration refer to the frequently asked questions (FAQs)

 See the prerequisites and migration steps if you want to migrate from Hosted Exchange to Exchange 2019 and 2016.

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