I've set up our Exchange 2013 (on premises) server for our organization. Before I was using Exchange 2010 with Forefront protection for exchange. With Exchange 2013 I need
to use Exchange Online Protection. So I'm trying to set this up, but I'm confused about the setup of the service itself.
My current (working/operational) setup:
How is the Inbound mail routed? Do I need to set my first MX records to point to EOP?
Thank you very much
Sen
My current (working/operational) setup:
- 1 Exchange server 2013 (client access + mailbox roles)
- Which hosts email for 15 domains.
- Currently I use Sendgrid as my smart host for Outbound email.
- Incoming mails is first caught on our Off-premises SMTP server (Win 2008 with IIS6 SMTP) and then forwarded to our on premises Exchange 2013 I server.
Here are my questions:
- When I setup the EOP service via off365 interface, I need to verify my domain. My question: is this the primary domain of my Exchange 2013 server only, or do I need to verify all 15 domains that I have configured in Exchange 2013?
- Do I need to add all my mailbox users (that I have in on premises Exchange 2013) to the Office365 account list? If not, how is licensing handled, since my users are on my on premises Exchange 2013 server?
- Is it mandatory to configure the outbound connector to use EOP, or can I keep using my Sendgrid smart host?
Thank you very much
Sen