Migrate Modern Public Folders to Office 365! Finally!

We are happy to announce the availability of public folder migration from Exchange Server 2013/2016 on-premises to Exchange Online! Many of our customers asked us for this, and the full documentation is now here. To ensure that any version-specific instructions are addressed appropriately, we have two articles to point you to:

• Use batch migration to migrate Exchange 2013 public folders to Exchange Online
• Use batch migration to migrate Exchange 2016 public folders to Exchange Online

While all of the information is located in the documentation, the key requirements are:

• Exchange Server 2013 CU15 (or later), Exchange Server 2016 CU4 (or later)
• Exchange on-premises hybrid configured with Exchange Online

If you have any additional questions, let us know in comments below. Enjoy!

Continuous Password Prompt

Users of Exchange Server 2013 or later or Exchange Online can’t open public folders or shared mailboxes on a legacy Exchange server Consider the following scenarios:

• You have an on-premises deployment, in which Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 is installed in an existing Exchange Server 2010 or Exchange Server 2007 organization.
• You have an on-premises deployment, in which Exchange Server 2016 is installed in an existing Exchange Server 2010 organization.
• You have a hybrid deployment of Exchange Server and Exchange Online in Office 365, in which the hybrid server is running Exchange Server 2013 or later.