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Exchange HCW using 2 Exchange 2016 edge servers (stmp1.domain.com and smtp2.domain.com)

Hi All, Looking for some Exchange hybrid configuration wizard guidance. Scenario: EWS published using hybrid.domain.com 2x Edge Servers configured using dedicated FQDNs - edge1.domain.com and edge2.domain.com If I want high availability for SMTP/Edge…

Exchange Online
Exchange Online

A cloud-based service included in Microsoft 365, delivering scalable messaging and collaboration features with simplified management and automatic updates.

7,342 questions
Exchange | Exchange Server | Other
Exchange | Exchange Server | Other

A robust email, calendaring, and collaboration platform developed by Microsoft, designed for enterprise-level communication and data management.Miscellaneous topics that do not fit into specific categories.

1,639 questions
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management

The administration and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient email and collaboration services across an organization.

8,194 questions
Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2023-01-11T10:53:10.8+00:00
Azhar Pasha Syed 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-08-07T01:37:06.96+00:00
Azhar Pasha Syed 40 Reputation points
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we are in hybrid setup how to change the domain name and change users email address

we are in hybrid setup how to change the domain name and change user's email address which is best way to migrate the users without impact anything.

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-08-05T05:46:07.35+00:00
Doddabasappa K 0 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-08-05T23:09:11.45+00:00
Dora-T 85 Reputation points
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Exchange Online automatic forwarding no longer preserves forwarded recipient in Microsoft Graph or MIME headers

Hello Microsoft Team, We have a SaaS application that receives emails through Exchange Online mailbox forwarding. Our routing logic depends on identifying the forwarded recipient address (for example ******@evisionits.com) from the message received in…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-08-04T12:00:40.9966667+00:00
Abhi Dashadiya 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-08-05T14:07:00.9066667+00:00
Kristen Tran 170 Reputation points Independent Advisor
3 answers

Duplicates are being imported

Hello, I am using the New-MailboxImportRequest to import .PST files into existing mailboxes. These mailboxes have emails in them that are also included in the .PST file being imported. The import request completes successfully, some needing the…

Exchange Online
Exchange Online

A cloud-based service included in Microsoft 365, delivering scalable messaging and collaboration features with simplified management and automatic updates.

7,342 questions
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management

The administration and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient email and collaboration services across an organization.

8,194 questions
Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2021-06-22T01:42:59.563+00:00
LeighHarding 1 Reputation point
answered 2026-07-31T14:31:46.2666667+00:00
Ted Mittelstaedt 61 Reputation points
1 answer

How can I create a local backup of Microsoft 365 mailboxes for disaster recovery?

Our organization relies on Microsoft 365 for daily communication, and we're reviewing our disaster recovery strategy. While Microsoft provides retention and recovery features, we also want to maintain independent offline backups of Exchange Online…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-31T05:06:52.53+00:00
Steven Miller 40 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-07-31T07:30:39.46+00:00
Liora D 18,900 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Federation trust validation after certificate renewal

In our hybrid Exchange setup, calendar free/busy lookups between two forests stopped working right after a certificate renewal. Before the renewal, cross‑forest availability requests were fine, but now users can’t see each other’s schedules

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-30T06:43:04.8166667+00:00
Rakesh Sharma 20 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-30T09:29:16.2666667+00:00
Michelle-N 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do you create a complete email backup before moving to a new system?

Hi everyone I'm planning to move my email account to a different environment and want to make sure I don't lose any important data during the process. My mailbox contains 9K+ emails, multiple custom folders, attachments, contacts, and years of…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-27T05:48:03.55+00:00
Steven Miller 40 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-29T04:46:42.1966667+00:00
Steven Miller 40 Reputation points
2 answers

Missing movable holidays (Easter-based holidays) in Outlook calendar for 2027 across multiple Microsoft 365 tenants

We are experiencing a consistent issue across multiple Microsoft 365 tenants and organizations. In Outlook (desktop) and Outlook on the web, holidays for 2027 are partially missing. Fixed public holidays (such as Christmas and New Year) are displayed…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-06-16T13:05:03.3533333+00:00
S 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2026-07-27T06:42:17.7733333+00:00
Hornblower409 11,955 Reputation points
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Emails are being sent from onmicrosoft.com instead of the company's domain

I'm experiencing an issue with Exchange Online. After changing a user's license from Microsoft 365 Business Premium to Microsoft 365 E5, the user started sending emails using the onmicrosoft.com domain instead of the company's custom domain. So far, I…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-22T14:54:57.9833333+00:00
commented 2026-07-23T22:11:10.1066667+00:00
Hin-V 16,830 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Display name change not removing/merging legacy ID in Outlook Calendar desktop client

Hello, We recently began syncing our hris to AD for emp data. This caused some sn/givenname changes. We run a hybrid environment. The issue is in desktop Outlook client, in Calendar. The executive team has a "Team" in Calendar and users are…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-13T13:31:33.9766667+00:00
Aaron B 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-20T14:00:36.5466667+00:00
Michelle-N 20,645 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Exchange is appending numbers to DL

Hi All i am using exchange2016 hybrid environment, i have created distribution list in exchange onprem by name Test Group. But in AD i can see the group name as Test Group-396684025 in Group Name(pre-windows 2000). This is happening to all the…

Exchange Online
Exchange Online

A cloud-based service included in Microsoft 365, delivering scalable messaging and collaboration features with simplified management and automatic updates.

7,342 questions
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management
Exchange | Exchange Server | Management

The administration and maintenance of Microsoft Exchange Server to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient email and collaboration services across an organization.

8,194 questions
Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2021-04-18T23:13:00.877+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 14,166 Reputation points
answered 2026-07-20T11:50:50.3733333+00:00
swey 11 Reputation points
1 answer

Exchange 2016 Hybrid OAuth to Exchange Online EWS failing with 403 after HCW rerun

We are working on completing an Exchange hybrid migration/decommission project and are blocked by an OAuth issue. Environment: Exchange Server 2016 CU23 Build 15.01.2507.061 Single on-prem Exchange server Hybrid with Exchange Online HCW was rerun…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-17T16:32:00.8533333+00:00
Shawn Alston 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-19T23:18:50.15+00:00
Teddie-D 19,760 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Mail users syncing 'mail' attribute to Entra as a secondary address

Hello, We have a hybrid Exchange configuration and sync our Active Directory to Entra. We recently noticed that accounts that are mail users in Exchange have their samaccountname listed for their mail attribute in Entra, and the address from the mail…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-08T20:34:04.6766667+00:00
Gardner, Drew 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-18T18:07:41.61+00:00
Hin-V 16,830 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Mailbox permissions

Hi I am using exchange SE hybrid environment. I have a room mailbox (resource mailbox) in Exchange Online, This room mailbox is created as remote mailbox from exchange onprem, for example room1[@]contoso.com is room maibox. I have a CSV file containing 5…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-11T22:31:42.69+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 14,166 Reputation points
accepted 2026-07-12T14:16:34.81+00:00
Glenn Maxwell 14,166 Reputation points
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‎Account Issue. Sorry there was a problem while trying to connect to your account‎.

We are experiencing Microsoft 365 Apps activation failures on a subset of Windows devices after users were deleted from Microsoft Entra ID and recreated via on-premises Active Directory synchronization. Environment Hybrid Active Directory / Microsoft…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-09T21:49:25.06+00:00
Brandon Nothwang 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-11T23:31:52.8333333+00:00
Hin-V 16,830 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Trying to clean up an accidentally on prem synced OU with EntraConnect

Accidentally synced an incorrect OU that happened to be our old on prem Distributions group OU. It turned our correct cloud mailbox into an on prem synced group. I need this to not be on prem managed and cloud only only for 1 specific group. I'm only…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-06T18:55:58.16+00:00
Tyler Balega 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-11T06:51:28.3466667+00:00
Teddie-D 19,760 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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“Active Directory 2012 R2 → 2025 Migration with Microsoft 365 Sync Issues”

Hello Everyone, We are implementing a project to migrate our Active Directory (Windows Server 2012 R2) and Exchange 2010 mailboxes to Windows Server 2025 + Microsoft 365 (Exchange Online, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive). During assessment, we identified…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-07-09T13:23:56+00:00
biruhken ayana 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-10T23:19:29.5166667+00:00
Hin-V 16,830 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Best practice to create room mailbox in Exchange Hybrid setup

Hi, I am running Exchange Hybrid setup, Exchange 2019 with Exchange online. All our mailboxes (user\shared\room etc.) are migrated to Exchange online. All the users & room mailboxes has 'IsDirSynced' property value of 'TRUE'. AzureAD connect is in…

Exchange Online
Exchange Online

A cloud-based service included in Microsoft 365, delivering scalable messaging and collaboration features with simplified management and automatic updates.

7,342 questions
Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2021-04-29T10:22:18.627+00:00
prabhash-jena 21 Reputation points
commented 2026-07-10T16:50:55.65+00:00
Gavin 1 Reputation point
2 answers

Exchange: An unknown error has occurred. Refer to correlation ID: <Removed PII>

Dears, User profile showing below error and not synchronizing data for On-premise to Exchange Online "Exchange: An unknown error has occurred. Refer to correlation ID:<Removed PII>

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2025-11-12T14:14:21.4633333+00:00
Jeevan PK 5 Reputation points
commented 2026-06-25T04:53:15.7733333+00:00
Hasen Bennud 0 Reputation points
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mshybridservice.trafficmanager.net down?

When I try to run the HCW I get error: System.Net.WebException: The remote name could not be resolved: 'mshybridservice.trafficmanager.net' I have tried to report this to the big M, but they tell me it's my DNS miss-configured. Even though I sent a bunch…

Exchange | Hybrid management
Exchange | Hybrid management

The administration of a hybrid deployment that connects on-premises Exchange Server with Exchange Online, enabling seamless integration and centralized control.

2,451 questions
asked 2026-06-15T12:02:21.57+00:00
Jon Westgate 1 Reputation point
edited a comment 2026-06-23T10:22:09.39+00:00
Vergil-V 16,990 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator