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I currently have a user absde@abc.com forwarding to user@efg.com. When deleting a user/mailbox (absde@abc.com) in O365 (hybrid), is the forwarding turned off?
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John
it depends how you set forwarding?
if forwarding is set on mailbox and mailbox itself not available forwarding will also not work
however if you set transport rule to forward email, it will still forward emails even after you delete account - this need to be tested as I don't have lab write now
if forwarding is set on mailbox and mailbox itself not available forwarding will also not work
however if you set transport rule to forward email, it will still forward emails even after you delete account - this need to be tested as I don't have lab write now
if you have used forwardingsmtpaddress attribute on the mailbox to forward, then as long as the mailbox is active and accepting emails the forwarding should work.
it is best advised that you should do a use case to test what happens to the office 365 mailbox and forwarding once you delete the on premise object.
generally, in DirSynced scenario, it will also remove the office 365 Ad account, due to which the mailbox will become inactive and the forwarding will no longer work.
it is best advised that you should do a use case to test what happens to the office 365 mailbox and forwarding once you delete the on premise object.
generally, in DirSynced scenario, it will also remove the office 365 Ad account, due to which the mailbox will become inactive and the forwarding will no longer work.
if you delete a mailbox any attribute with regards to mail, mailnickname, smtp, proxyaddress, forwardingsmtpaddress gets removed.
Meaning there will not be any attributes of exchange only AD attributes so yes forwarding will be turned off.
Meaning there will not be any attributes of exchange only AD attributes so yes forwarding will be turned off.
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Mail was forwarded with the following:
Set-Mailbox -Identity $internalemail -DeliverToMailboxAndForwar
Set-Mailbox -Identity $internalemail -DeliverToMailboxAndForwar
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Thanks John. We are trying to reduce O365 licenses, but I have found that when the license is removed, forwarding ceases. Is there a way to implement forwarding without retaining the license/account?
I don't think so. Forward for 30 days and then delete the account and the forwarding
Agreed above
Forwarding should be kept with vip personal for extended period
Still if you want, you can create contact of user and set forwarding in contact properties
Forwarding should be kept with vip personal for extended period
Still if you want, you can create contact of user and set forwarding in contact properties
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Thanks!
You are very welcome and I was happy to help you.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/admin/add-users/remove-former-employee?view=o365-worldwide
Quoting from the article "If you're setting up email forwarding or a shared mailbox, at the end, don't delete the former employee's account. The account needs to be there to anchor the email forwarding or shared mailbox."