Exchange hybrid architecture

A hybrid deployment provides the seamless look and feel of a single Exchange organization between an on-premises Exchange organization and an Exchange Online organization. In addition, a hybrid deployment can serve as an intermediate step to moving completely to Exchange Online. Before configuring the Exchange hybrid deployment, you want to get familiar with the Exchange hybrid deployment architecture. Let’s find out more with an Exchange hybrid architecture diagram.

Exchange hybrid deployment architecture diagram

There will be an on-premises Exchange organization and an Exchange Online organization (Office 365 for Enterprises). In this scenario, we have only the exoip.com domain. The on-premises Exchange Server EX03-2016 is the Exchange hybrid server.

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