Exchange 2013 with O365 SMTP Relay

[Sadiq_to222]

Hello,

 

So we can’t migrate off exchange 2013 just yet, we are going to upgrade to 2016 very soon but at the minute we are using email like it’s going out of fashion.

 

So, we want to at least get outgoing emails sending via office 365 and I just wanted to ask is this possible?

 

I found this on the web but just wondered if anyone else has done the same as I am wanting to do.

 

Ref: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/mail-flow-best-practices/use-connectors-to-configure-mail-flow/set-up-connectors-to-route-mail

 

Thank you!

[3s-gtech]

Perhaps not quite as you want, but have a look at:

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/transport-routing

 

This is a really neat guide and explains quite succinctly.

 

It reminds me to check my Hybrid config too!

[Sadiq_to222]

Perhaps not quite as you want, but have a look at:

 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/transport-routing

 

This is a really neat guide and explains quite succinctly.

 

It reminds me to check my Hybrid config too!

 

Thanks, I think I have found what I wanted actually.

 

Yeah I like the diagrams, makes it easier to understand some of it.

 

Thanks

[FN-GM]

Yea this is possible, I have done it before and I am doing this again myself on Monday morning. I will send the info that worked well for me.

[3s-gtech]

Yea this is possible, I have done it before and I am doing this again myself on Monday morning. I will send the info that worked well for me.

 

Can you post it up on here? I’d be interested in changing our mail flow as it has evolved a lot since we first went Hybrid.

[Sadiq_to222]

Right so I'm just looking at it now, Sundays are only time I can look at this stuff.

 

Anyways, do I need to first setup the hybrid tool?

 

Then create my send and receive connectors, its just the local exchange connectors (receive which are confusing me) for the send I have added the EOP server in the smarthost for the send connector and left the authentication set as no authentication. It's just the receive connectors, which ones do I need to update? and the O365 connectors, I'm a first timer at doing this so have a lot of questions.

 

Thanks

[psydii]

FWIW I think we set up AAD Connect, then ran the hybrid wizard. Then did the mx record changes. Make sure you also do the whole DKIM/SPF dance too. The connectors got set up by the wizard, and only needed recreating by hand after something daft happened with AzureAD connect (because we needed cutting edge features that at the time were pre-release options)

[3s-gtech]

The hybrid tool does most of what you need itself. It’s very powerful.

 

Getting it to run can be fun - it executes from a small exe that checks connectivity and permissions.

[Sadiq_to222]

FWIW I think we set up AAD Connect, then ran the hybrid wizard. Then did the mx record changes. Make sure you also do the whole DKIM/SPF dance too. The connectors got set up by the wizard, and only needed recreating by hand after something daft happened with AzureAD connect (because we needed cutting edge features that at the time were pre-release options)

Thanks, will look at this sometime next week.

 

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The hybrid tool does most of what you need itself. It’s very powerful.

 

Getting it to run can be fun - it executes from a small exe that checks connectivity and permissions.

 

Thank you, I've never used the tool so look forward to it.