Exchange 2013 to 2016 Migration Overview
First of all, well make a list of tasks that well go through to migrate to Exchange 2016. Well just list these here then will go through the steps.
- Upgrade all Exchange 2013 servers to CU10 or later. This is a requirement before you can install Exchange 2016 in your environment.
- If you have any Exchange 2010 servers in your environment, these need to either be decommissioned or upgraded to SP3 UR11 or later.
- Decommission any Exchange 2007 servers. These are simply not supported in an Exchange 2016 environment.
- Check that you meet the prerequisites to install Exchange 2016 in your environment.
- Install Exchange 2016 in your environment
- Configure the Service Connection Point on the Exchange 2016 server
- Install the required SSL certificate on the Exchange 2016 server
- Configure Exchange 2013 2016 CAS coexistence. There are different methods to do this.
- Move mailboxes to Exchange 2016
- Move public folder mailboxes to Exchange 2016
- Migrate mail flow to Exchange 2016
- Decommission the Exchange 2013 server
Office: Outlook client version supported:
- Outlook 2016
- Outlook 2013
- Outlook 2010 with KB2965295
- Outlook for Mac for Office 365
- Outlook for Mac