Migrate new user to O365

  1. Pre-Migration Work
    1. Create the AD user account and Exchange on-prem mailbox
    2. Confirm UPN suffix of user account matches the email address
    3. Go to O365 admin console and add the user license
  2. Migrate users
  1. Connect to Exchange On-line
  1. From the PowerShell console on an Exchange 2010 server:

$Cred = Get-Credential 

$s = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://ps.outlook.com/powershell -Credential $cred -Authentication Basic –AllowRedirection 

Import-PSSession $s 

  1. Type in your O365 domain admin credentials (example: admin@mycompany.com)
  2. Type in your AD domain credentials with username of domain\<username>
  1. Run command to migrate user
  1. New-MoveRequest –Identity <username or display name in quotes> -Remote -RemoteHostName autodiscover.yourcompanydomain.com -TargetDeliveryDomain yourcompanydomain.mail.onmicrosoft.com -RemoteCredential (Get-Credential) -BadItemLimit 40