Exchange Online and mail forwarding

Question

Hi all. I have a little question about mail forwarding. Scenario: i have a exchange online mailbox - for example ******@contoso1.com. Now I want register a new domain - for example contoso2.com - and then configure a simple mail forwading from ******@contoso2.com to ******@contoso1.com. So when an email is sent to ******@contoso2.com it must be forwarded/saved in the ******@contoso1.com mailbox. Two questions:

1. do I need an Exchange Online license even if ******@contoso2.com is just an email address and not a real mailbox?
2. if the answer to the first question is no, how do I configure forwarding? Thank's a lot :D

Answer 1

Hello. Not sure why would you require forwards. If you register the domain in Microsoft 365, you can just add the second address to the licensed user

Answer 2

Create ******@contoso.com as a shared mailbox ( No license required) Set forwarding on the shared mailbox to go to ******@contoso1.com

Answer 3

Thanks for the replies Andy and Rafael. I thought it was much more complicated but it is much simpler. I tested both solutions and they work perfectly :D

Answer 4

Hi @ Giuseppe Lucente ,
You can follow these steps to set up forwarding:

1.In ******@contoso2.com's mailbox, click the settings icon in the upper-right corner.

2.Click View all Outlook settings and go to Mail Rules.

3.Then add a rule to forward all messages to another mailbox.

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