Exchange Online Migration From POP3

garak0410

Questions about this:

create new local Outlook profiles for everyone
a) connect users to O365
b) attach POP3 account to profile, delivery of the POP3 items needs to go to Office 365

Attach POP3 to profile, basically, ADD AN ACCOUNT, right? And then when you say delivery of the items needs to go to O365, what do you mean? Just to clarify...

Dashrender

Correct, you'll just be adding a new account to the new profile you just created.

When you add the the POP3 account, you'll have to add it manually. In the past you might have been able to use autoconfigure, but you've now changed autoconfigure to work with Office 365, so you will have to choose the manual option.

You'll need to follow this page to join the boxes into one.
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/520

Now when you add the POP3 account, Outlook will create a new PST/OST for it. You don't want this - you'll need to follow the instructions on the above link to make sure delivery of new messages goes to Outlook.

In the past the default was to deliver all messages into a single store, either Exchange or a local PST (whatever you were using first). Looks like MS changed this behavior starting with Outlook 2010.

garak0410

@Dashrender said:

Correct, you'll just be adding a new account to the new profile you just created.

When you add the the POP3 account, you'll have to add it manually. In the past you might have been able to use autoconfigure, but you've now changed autoconfigure to work with Office 365, so you will have to choose the manual option.

You'll need to follow this page to join the boxes into one.
http://www.msoutlook.info/question/520

Now when you add the POP3 account, Outlook will create a new PST/OST for it. You don't want this - you'll need to follow the instructions on the above link to make sure delivery of new messages goes to Outlook.

In the past the default was to deliver all messages into a single store, either Exchange or a local PST (whatever you were using first). Looks like MS changed this behavior starting with Outlook 2010.

Thanks...doing this now...slow going though with everything else that is going on...

garak0410

@Dashrender

Odd...I've not touched DNS at all today...about 10 minutes ago, no one on POP3 can send/receive from Outlook...the POP3 provider is up, webmail is done, IMAP is done...just POP3 in Outlook...dead in the water and of course, people are blaming the conversion to Exchange...

garak0410

@garak0410 said:

@Dashrender

Odd...I've not touched DNS at all today...about 10 minutes ago, no one on POP3 can send/receive from Outlook...the POP3 provider is up, webmail is done, IMAP is done...just POP3 in Outlook...dead in the water and of course, people are blaming the conversion to Exchange...

This is the error we are getting:

Task 'POP3 - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC0F) : 'The connection to the server was interrupted. If this problem continues, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP).'

garak0410

Started working again...weird...

scottalanmiller

@garak0410 said:

@Dashrender

Odd...I've not touched DNS at all today...about 10 minutes ago, no one on POP3 can send/receive from Outlook...the POP3 provider is up, webmail is done, IMAP is done...just POP3 in Outlook...dead in the water and of course, people are blaming the conversion to Exchange...

Probably just a service blip.

Dashrender

@scottalanmiller said:

@garak0410 said:

@Dashrender

Odd...I've not touched DNS at all today...about 10 minutes ago, no one on POP3 can send/receive from Outlook...the POP3 provider is up, webmail is done, IMAP is done...just POP3 in Outlook...dead in the water and of course, people are blaming the conversion to Exchange...

Probably just a service blip.

Agreed.

garak0410

Quirks today...a few people on their new profile will have their internal emails sent to the Exchange account and for those still on the POP3 profiles, they do nto get them, so, I really can't let anyone work on the new O365 profile today...no problem, I switch back to the POP3 profile...the problem I have now, you can select the old profile, hit APPLY and OK and load Outlook and it goes to the Exchange profile...you tell it to prompt you for a profile...you choose POP3, it loads Exchange...any suggestion here? I've gotten a few to work after going back and forth between the two profiles...I do not want to delete the Exchange profile as I will use it tonight...

Dashrender

@garak0410 said:

Quirks today...a few people on their new profile will have their internal emails being to the Exchange account and for those still on the POP3 profiles, they do nto get them,

I'm not sure what you mean?

Are you saying that people who are sending messages from their new Oiffice 365 account, the people still on the old don't get the messages - OK yeah you're right, I didn't think of that (uhhh sorry - Looks like Jared's is really the only right way to do this - keep delivering everything to the PST and simply have the O365 as a separate box until the MX cut over).

The people still on the old won't get new messages sent from converted people, but those new messages are staying solely inside Office 365,

garak0410

@Dashrender said:

@garak0410 said:

Quirks today...a few people on their new profile will have their internal emails being to the Exchange account and for those still on the POP3 profiles, they do nto get them,

I'm not sure what you mean?

Are you saying that people who are sending messages from their new Oiffice 365 account, the people still on the old don't get the messages - OK yeah you're right, I didn't think of that (uhhh sorry - Looks like Jared's is really the only right way to do this - keep delivering everything to the PST and simply have the O365 as a separate box until the MX cut over).

The people still on the old won't get new messages sent from converted people, but those new messages are staying solely inside Office 365,

@Dashrender said:

@garak0410 said:

Quirks today...a few people on their new profile will have their internal emails being to the Exchange account and for those still on the POP3 profiles, they do nto get them,

I'm not sure what you mean?

Are you saying that people who are sending messages from their new Oiffice 365 account, the people still on the old don't get the messages - OK yeah you're right, I didn't think of that (uhhh sorry - Looks like Jared's is really the only right way to do this - keep delivering everything to the PST and simply have the O365 as a separate box until the MX cut over).

The people still on the old won't get new messages sent from converted people, but those new messages are staying solely inside Office 365,

No sweat man...major learning experience...the thing is, your method is good...I will just create these new profiles but not RUN from them until tonight. The problem is now the aforementioned issue where Outlook is not detecting the Profile you want with out selecting between them, APPLY and OK a few times...

We didn't have really any issues but glad I've not had any issues...my boss is nervous about LOST e-mails but as long as the POP3 is sending to exchange during the MX records exchange, we should be good.

SO today, I will complete the profiles but keep them on the old one (provided Outlook doesn't keep quirking out on me)...tonight at 7PM, change MX records...wait...and wait and wait...test test test as it propagates...

Dashrender

What version of Outlook are you on?
does a reboot (or at least a log off/back on) make any difference?

garak0410

@Dashrender said:

What version of Outlook are you on?
does a reboot (or at least a log off/back on) make any difference?

Mostly 2013, some 2010...the workaround...before testing the Exchange Profile, do not set it as default...set to PROMPT each time, set up the Exchange Profile as you described and then exit out Outlook, set the old POP3 as default, start and we are good.

I did a test PST import to an O365 account and it works...slow during the import and upload but it works and puts management as ease...

garak0410

Quick update...did the MX records but funny, my PC is having problems autoconfiguring to O365...just my PC...keeps saying Connection to Microsoft Exchange is unavailable or an encrypted server is not found...

Rebooted, repair installed Office 2013...nothing...any clue?

Sounds DNSesque Here's a capture of my entries:

garak0410

@Hubtech said:

Sounds DNSesque Here's a capture of my entries:

Oh, it was my dang PC...earlier today, I had an issue with a Windows 8 app not installing...one of the "solutuions" was to type netsh winhttp set proxy 192.168.1.1:8888...anything Microsoft is not talking to the internet...I am not all that good with netsh...how do I reverse this?

C:\Windows\system32>netsh
netsh>winhttp
netsh winhttp>
netsh winhttp>reset proxy

scottalanmiller

netsh winhttp reset proxy

bbbabababababeat ya lol

garak0410

Thanks for the unrelated late night help...well, my migrations appears to be going well...MX records updated, email flowing to new Exchange...may being PST imports late Saturday...