Exchange Management Shell attempts to connect to old Server

Question

We have migrated all mailboxes to Exchange Online and felt we were in a position to shutdown the last on-prem 2016 Exchange Server. We followed the instructions in the following article to shutdown the last Exchange Server and manage recipients using the Exchange 2019 Management tools. 

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/manage-hybrid-exchange-recipients-with-management-tools

When we open the Exchange Management Shell on the server running the new management tools it attempts to connect to the old Exchange Server.

What do we need to do so the Exchange Management Tools stops connecting to the old exchange?

Answer 1

Hi,@FarazI995

Thanks for posting your question in the Microsoft Q&A forum.

By your description, when the on-prem Exchange server is removed, Exchange Management Tools still tries to connect to it.

Here are my suggestions:

1.Check that MX and auto-discovery DNS records point to Exchange Online and not on-prem Exchange server.

2.Check to see if the Service Connection Point (SCP) value on the Exchange server is deleted.

For more information on how to deactivate the local Exchange server in a hybrid deployment you can refer to this link:https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/decommission-on-premises-exchange?source=recommendations#to-disable-directory-synchronization-and-uninstall-exchange-hybrid

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