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Posted by Aubrey Maloney
on 8/3/2014 8:41 PM
1. What level of O365 experience do you have, how many migrations have you completed and
explicitly what role did you play?
2.
3. What type of limitations did you see with customers using O365 and or migrating to it?
4.
5. There are 4 specific migration options when migrating to O365 please can you name all or
some of them? iMAP, cutover, staged & hybrid
6.
7. Whats the benefit of using a hybrid type over the other migration types?
8.
9. Do you know what DirSync is? What is it used for?
10.
11. Which of the 4 migration methods would use DirSync?
12.
13. If you are in a hybrid environment and want to create a new mailbox how and where would you
do that?
14.
15. How will the user know if their mailbox has been moved to the cloud?
16.
17. How does the mail client know where to send mail once the mailbox has been moved to the
cloud?
18.
19. Can you tell me a time when you worked on an O365 migration and had to troubleshoot
mail cloud side connectivity issues ask for detailed examples of how they performed the
troubleshooting what steps they took and how they resolved the issues.
20.
21. How do you troubleshoot connection issues with for a new user with a remote mailbox?
22.
23. How can you troubleshoot availability free/busy failures from cloud mailboxes to onpremise
mailboxes?

Posted by Neo Yu MSFT

on 8/4/2014 12:45 AM

Support

Verified Answer

Verified by Aubrey Maloney

Hi Aubrey,
I notice that some of the questions need to be answered by experienced users, so for them, our
community members who have run into the same situation before are welcome to share your
experiences here. We believe our community will become better and better with the spirits to share and
learn from each other.
Here are the answers to the other questions:
Q1: There are 4 specific migration options when migrating to O365 please can you name all or some
of them? iMAP, cutover, staged & hybrid
A1: They are Remote move migrations, Staged Exchange migrations, Cutover Exchange migrations and
IMAP migrations. You can find the details in Mailbox migration to Exchange Online.
Q2: Whats the benefit of using a hybrid type over the other migration types?
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A2: A hybrid deployment offers organizations the ability to extend the featurerich experience and
administrative control they have with their existing onpremises Microsoft Exchange organization to the
cloud. A hybrid deployment provides the seamless look and feel of a single Exchange organization
between an onpremises Exchange Server 2013 organization and Exchange Online in Microsoft
Office365. In addition, a hybrid deployment can serve as an intermediate step to move completely to an
Exchange Online organization.
Q3: Do you know what DirSync is? What is it used for?
A3: DirSync, as known as the Azure Active Directory Sync tool, synchronizes your onpremises Active
Directory users to Office 365. For details, I suggest you refer to: Plan for directory synchronization for
Office 365.
Q4: Which of the 4 migration methods would use DirSync?
A4: Hybrid and staged migration will need installation of DirSync before the migration. We cant
perform a cutover migration if DirSync is deployed.
Q5: If you are in a hybrid environment and want to create a new mailbox how and where would you
do that?
A5: Create the mailbox in the onpremises mailbox, then move it to Office 365 using the move request.
For details, please refer to: Move Mailboxes Between OnPremises and Exchange Online Organizations in
2013 Hybrid Deployments.
Q6: How will the user know if their mailbox has been moved to the cloud?
A6: In a hybrid deployment, once we have the Hybrid setup in place, and then Migrate that particular
users mailbox to the cloud, exchange will push an update of those settings to that user. The user will get
a notification 'the administrator has updated your settings and you must restart outlook'. Once Outlook
restarts, their RPC/HTTP settings will point to Office 365 automatically.

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A9: You can refer to this article: How to troubleshoot free/busy issues in a hybrid deployment of on
premises Exchange Server and Exchange Online in Office 365 to troubleshoot the issue.
Also, to better address your concerns and provide elaborate information/solution for the issue you
encounter, its recommended that you post one question with details in one thread each time. Your
understanding is appreciated.

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Posted by Neo Yu MSFT

on 8/4/2014 12:45 AM

Support

Verified Answer

Verified by Aubrey Maloney

Hi Aubrey,
I notice that some of the questions need to be answered by experienced users, so for them, our
community members who have run into the same situation before are welcome to share your
experiences here. We believe our community will become better and better with the spirits to share and
learn from each other.
Here are the answers to the other questions:
Q1: There are 4 specific migration options when migrating to O365 please can you name all or some
of them? iMAP, cutover, staged & hybrid
A1: They are Remote move migrations, Staged Exchange migrations, Cutover Exchange migrations and
IMAP migrations. You can find the details in Mailbox migration to Exchange Online.
Q2: Whats the benefit of using a hybrid type over the other migration types?
A2: A hybrid deployment offers organizations the ability to extend the featurerich experience and
administrative control they have with their existing onpremises Microsoft Exchange organization to the
cloud. A hybrid deployment provides the seamless look and feel of a single Exchange organization
between an onpremises Exchange Server 2013 organization and Exchange Online in Microsoft
Office365. In addition, a hybrid deployment can serve as an intermediate step to move completely to an
Exchange Online organization.
Q3: Do you know what DirSync is? What is it used for?
A3: DirSync, as known as the Azure Active Directory Sync tool, synchronizes your onpremises Active
Directory users to Office 365. For details, I suggest you refer to: Plan for directory synchronization for
Office 365.
Q4: Which of the 4 migration methods would use DirSync?
A4: Hybrid and staged migration will need installation of DirSync before the migration. We cant
perform a cutover migration if DirSync is deployed.
Q5: If you are in a hybrid environment and want to create a new mailbox how and where would you
do that?
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A5: Create the mailbox in the onpremises mailbox, then move it to Office 365 using the move request.
For details, please refer to: Move Mailboxes Between OnPremises and Exchange Online Organizations in
2013 Hybrid Deployments.
Q6: How will the user know if their mailbox has been moved to the cloud?
A6: In a hybrid deployment, once we have the Hybrid setup in place, and then Migrate that particular
users mailbox to the cloud, exchange will push an update of those settings to that user. The user will get
a notification 'the administrator has updated your settings and you must restart outlook'. Once Outlook
restarts, their RPC/HTTP settings will point to Office 365 automatically.
Q7: How does the mail client know where to send mail once the mailbox has been moved to the cloud?
A7: In a hybrid deployment, once the user is migrated, the migration will set a TargetAddress attribute
to the onpremises user. The message will be delivered to Office 365 based on the attribute.
Q8: How do you troubleshoot connection issues with for a new user with a remote mailbox?
A8: For how to troubleshoot the Outlook connectivity issue for an Exchange Online mailbox, please refer
to: Fix email connectivity problems after Office 365 upgrade.
Q9: How can you troubleshoot availability free/busy failures from cloud mailboxes to onpremises
mailboxes?
A9: You can refer to this article: How to troubleshoot free/busy issues in a hybrid deployment of on
premises Exchange Server and Exchange Online in Office 365 to troubleshoot the issue.
Also, to better address your concerns and provide elaborate information/solution for the issue you
encounter, its recommended that you post one question with details in one thread each time. Your
understanding is appreciated.

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Posted by sukh828
on 8/4/2014 1:58 AM
These sounds like interview questions ? Are there any issues

0 out of 1 people found this post helpful.

Posted by Aubrey Maloney

on 8/4/2014 7:48 AM
Its a technical test I'm studying for and I couldnt find some of the answers

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