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Office 365: Convert Mailbox to Shared Mailbox after Cutover Migration

When performing a cut-over migration the Exchange attribute indicating that the mailbox was a shared mailbox is lost. To correct this I have done the following steps: List out all of the shared mailboxes form my on-premises Exchange and export them into a CSV file. Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited -RecipientTypeDetails SharedMailbox | Select UserPrincipalName | Export-Csv […]

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Tech Short: Office365 – Convert select on-premises mailboxes to mail-enabled users

When you convert on-premises mailboxes to mail-enabled users (MEUs), the proxy addresses and other information from the Office 365 mailboxes are copied to the MEUs, which reside in Active Directory in your on-premises organization. These MEU properties enable the Directory Synchronization tool, to match each MEU with its corresponding cloud mailbox. Using the steps provided […]

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Software Technical

Office 365: Errors during cutover migration

This is an error I’ve received when running a cut-over migration batch in Office 365. Error: ProvisioningFailedException: The parameters passed to the cmdlet represent a managed account, which doesn‎’t match the namespace state, which is federated. I’ve reached out to support, to help me troubleshoot this.  So far there hasn’t been much I’ve been able to find online […]

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How to Remove Users From the Office 365

The time may come to clean up. Here are steps I have taken To delete the account for one or more users Sign in to Office 365 with your work or school account. Go to the Office 365 admin center. Go to Users > Active Users. Choose the names of the users that you want […]

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Tech Short: Convert a Mailbox, Exchange 2013

Here are some steps that worked for me in converting a user mailbox to a shared mailbox. Info: You can convert the following mailboxes from one type to another User mailbox to resource mailbox Shared mailbox to user mailbox Shared mailbox to resource mailbox Resource mailbox to user mailbox Resource mailbox to shared mailbox Example reason […]

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Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange Server 2013

I’ve been working with the Microsoft team on several issues I have faced with my Exchange Hybrid deployment. Most recent issue: HCW Serialization Error Today I am informed that Cumulative Update 6 for Exchange Server 2013 was just released. Cumulative Update 6 for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 was released on August 26, 2014. This cumulative update […]