As per 3.8.1.2 Hybrid Deployment Considerations (detailed here: http://community.office365.com/modg/default.aspx) You should consider the following before implementing an Exchange hybrid deployment: · Delegation coexistence. Delegate permissions (such as Delegate Access, folder permissions, and “Send on behalf of”) are migrated to Exchange Online but are not available after a mailbox move unless all parties are migrated at [...]
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Exchange New-MoveRequest Failing

ISSUE ===== Unable to move large mailboxes to O365 when TMG\ISA\UAG is acting a a F/W between on-premise Exchange and Exchange Online. ERROR ===== Informational: The request has been temporarily postponed because the mailbox is locked, request will continue at xx:xx:xx RESOLUTION ========== Add all of the IP ranges noted in the following: http://onlinehelp.microsoft.com/Office365-enterprises/hh373144.aspx TO [...]
Move Mailbox request (New-MoveRequest)

Handy powershell command for moving mailboxes from Exchange 2007 or below to Exchange 2010. Get-MoveRequest | Get-MoveRequestStatistics | fl MailboxIdentity, PercentComplete, TotalMailboxsize, BytesTransferred, BytesTransferredPerMinute, BadItemsEncountered, Message Get-MoveRequestStatistics -Identity “Luke Smith” | fl Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to [...]
Exchange Powershell get all mailboxes with sizes

This is a handy powershell script which can be used to gather organisation mailbox settings, which can then be imported into excel for reporting. Get-Mailbox | get-mailboxstatistics |Ft displayname,itemcount, @{label=”total MB”;expression={$_.TOTALITEMSIZE.Value.ToMB()}} >c:\mailbox.txt Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe [...]
Office 365 – Overview and Introduction Seminar

On 14th February 2012 I will be presenting the Office 365 Overview seminar at Microsoft in Reading and then 13th March 2012 at Microsoft in London. This seminar will give you an introduction to Microsoft’s Cloud solution with Office 365. It is designed to ensure customers have the information they need to make their transition [...]