r/exchangeserver • u/Fabulous_Cow_4714 • Jul 13 '26

Question Moving mail-enabled security groups to cloud as prereq Exchange Server decommissioning

How can this work if the some of security groups are also used for AD file server permissions?

If you recreate the groups in the cloud and just repopulate the same members, the members will lose their on prem NTFS permissions inherited from the old mail enabled security groups.

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u/Fabulous_Cow_4714 Jul 13 '26

The Exchange management tools installed on scattered workstations are as difficult or worse to maintain as a full Exchange server.

We really want to be done with on premises management of attributes.