I just spent the weekend working performing some SBS to Office 365 migrations.
Here are some useful links that make the process a whole lot easier.
Export mailboxes to PST for Exchange 2010 (SBS 2011 Standard)
Export mailboxes to PST for Exchange 2007 (SBS 2008)
Import PST files to Office 365
- https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms.o365.cc.ingestionhelp.aspx
- The above link neglected to mention that the Mailbox Import Export Role must be assigned to the account that is performing the migrations – http://www.alexandreviot.net/2016/01/12/office-365-import-export-role/
Enabling Autodiscover for Outlook in SBS Exchange Environments
- For SBS 2008 – http://www.mcbsys.com/blog/2011/08/using-office-365-in-an-sbs-2008-environment-take-2/
- For SBS 2011 – http://kirb.it/enable-office-365-auto-discover-for-outlook-in-sbs-2011-exchange-environments/
Getting Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010 to work with Office 365
- The following link lists the minimum requirements needed to quickly get your Outlook desktop client running with Office 365.
- http://www.netdummy.net/office365-client-updates.html
- With SBS 2011, it is necessary to remove the Service Connection Point (SCP)
- Show SCP information: Get-ClientAccessServer | Select Name, AutoDiscoverServiceInternalUri
- Remove SCP information: Set-ClientAccessServer -Identity “[Servername]” -AutoDiscoverServiceInternalUri $NULL
Importing LegacyDN information
Problems connecting Outlook to Office 365
- Microsoft’s Outlook Support Center Wizard – https://diagnostics.office.com/#/?env=Maven (
AND if you happen to still be using SBS 2003 (I certainly hope not!), you can use Exmerge or Outlook to output individual mailboxes to PST. Do it soon!