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Microsoft Office 365 - Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition

By : David Greve, Ian Waters
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Microsoft Office 365 - Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition

By: David Greve, Ian Waters

Overview of this book

Organizations are migrating to the cloud to save money, become more efficient, and empower their users with the latest technology. Office 365 delivers all of this in a reliable, fast, and ever-expanding way, keeping you ahead of the competition. As the IT administrator of your network, you need to make the transition as painless as possible for your users. Learn everything you need to know and exactly what to do to ensure your Office 365 Exchange online migration is a success! This guide gives you everything you need to develop a successful migration plan to move from Exchange, Google, POP3, and IMAP systems to Office 365 with ease. We start by providing an overview of the Office 365 plans available and how to make a decision on what plan fits your organization. We then dive into topics such as the Office 365 Admin Portal, integration options for professionals and small businesses, integration options for enterprises, preparing for a simple migration, performing a simple migration, and preparing for a hybrid deployment. Later in the book, we look at migration options for Skype for Business and SharePoint to further help you leverage the latest collaborative working technologies within your organization.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Microsoft Office 365 – Exchange Online Implementation and Migration - Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Deploying a Hybrid Infrastructure – Exchange Hybrid

Directory Synchronization


Directory Synchronization allows organizations with an Active Directory (AD) environment to synchronize AD users and groups to an Azure Active Directory, which is the identity solution supported by your Office 365 subscription and other Microsoft cloud platforms. The Directory Synchronization tool provided by Microsoft is called Azure AD Connect (AAD Connect) and synchronizes your local active directory into your Office 365 tenant. If you are currently using depreciated tools such as DirSync and AAD Sync, they must be uninstalled before installing the new AAD Connect.

Once you deploy AAD Connect in your environment, you should consider this server to be a permanent addition to your environment. Azure AD Connect can be installed and managed from an existing domain controller in your environment, but must be installed on a Windows Server 2008 or later with the latest service packs and updates installed. It's worth noting that AAD Connect supports not only single forest...