query on shared mailbox

Question

Hi All,

I am using an Exchange 2016 hybrid environment. I have a shared mailbox that was created on-premises and migrated online. Some shared mailboxes are created as remote shared mailboxes from on-premises (I am not sure if this shared mailbox was created on-premises and migrated online or if it was created as a remote shared mailbox from on-premises). I want to convert this shared mailbox to a regular mailbox and assign a Microsoft E3 license. If I use the following command from on-premises, will it get converted to a regular mailbox? Do I need to make any changes in exchange online other than assigning license?

Set-RemoteMailbox smb@contoso.com -Type Regular

Answer 1

Yes, that is the correct way to address this. Remember that the changes made on-premises need to be synced to Exchange Online first, so it will take some time. If the changes are not reflected after sync has run, you can also run the cmdlet on Exchange Online side:

Set-Mailbox smb@contoso.com -Type Regular