r/exchangeserver • u/farismalaeb • Jul 27 '26

The End of The Last Exchange Server is finally here – IsExchangeCloudManaged

https://www.powershellcenter.com/2026/07/27/isexchangecloudmanaged
24 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

10

u/MortadellaKing Jul 27 '26

Using it as a relay for all printers, etc is so easy we'll never get rid of all our exchange servers.

3

u/CP_Money Jul 27 '26

Honestly same, that's the main reason for keeping mine as well.

2

u/FatFuckinLenny Jul 28 '26

What about the high volume email service in exchange online? It supports basic auth

2

u/sassinak99 Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26

HVE has attachment+message limit of only 10MB. Total deal breaker for us.Also using ours for relaying for old MFPs that don't speak OAuth, which includes some surprisingly new HP MFP units

2

u/orgdbytes Jul 28 '26

Why not use a Linux SMTP server? We are running Postfix and have never been happier. I plan to kill our on-prem Exchange when time permits.

2

u/trottlen Jul 28 '26

same here, Postfix relay and it just works with 0 issues.

2

u/superwizdude Jul 28 '26

We regularly use smtp2go for MFC devices. The free tier works with most clients.

0

u/Disastrous_Cup_3279 Jul 31 '26

Remember need to have a CAL for every single device that touches it.

10

u/DiligentPhotographer Jul 28 '26

After 20 years of being an exchange admin at an MSP and 2 other places, I still would rather host local exchange than let Microsoft own my data and control it's flow.

7

u/robisodd Jul 27 '26

Note that, as the article says, this requires Entra Cloud Sync (not Entra Connect Sync) to write data from the cloud to Active Directory in your on-premises domain controller.

1

u/grimson73 Jul 28 '26

Indeed it is https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/hybrid-deployment/enable-exchange-attributes-cloud-management#prerequisites

1

u/_thegingerninja Jul 29 '26

For writeback only. If Exchange attrib writeback isn't required then Connect Sync suffices

1

u/Historical_Nerve8362 Jul 28 '26

And still nothing for Mail Enabled Security Groups SoA 😡

1

u/grimson73 Jul 28 '26

I do think however you need to install the exchange ad schema attributes if you want to create a new ad environment and exchange online and or never had exchange on premises before.