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The Mailbox Replication Service (MRS) has a proxy endpoint that's required
for cross-forest mailbox moves and remote move migrations between your
need to enable the MRS proxy endpoint in the Exchange Web Services (EWS)
Where you enable the MRS Proxy endpoint depends on the type and direction
initiated from the target forest (known as a pull move type), you
source forest. For cross-forest moves that are initiated from the
Note: If you use the Exchange admin center (EAC) to move mailboxes, cross-
forest moves and onboarding remote move migrations are pull move types,
because you initiate the request from the target environment. Offboarding
remote move migrations are push move types because you initiate the
moves and remote move migrations can fail if the MRS Proxy
directories.
admin center.
Tip
Having problems? Ask for help in the Exchange forums. Visit the forums
the Enable MRS Proxy endpoint check box, and then click Save.
Use the Exchange Management Shell to enable
the MRS Proxy endpoint
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Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -Identity "[<Server>\]EWS
(Default Web Site)" -MRSProxyEnabled $true
This example enables the MRS Proxy endpoint of the EWS virtual directories
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Set-WebServicesVirtualDirectory -Identity "EXCH-SRV-01\EWS
(Default Web Site)" -MRSProxyEnabled $true
This example enables the MRS Proxy endpoint of the EWS virtual directories
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Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | Set-
WebServicesVirtualDirectory -MRSProxyEnabled $true
WebServicesVirtualDirectory.
these steps:
In the EAC, go to Servers > Virtual Directories > select the EWS
virtual directory, and verify in the details pane that the MRS Proxy
endpoint is enabled.
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Get-WebServicesVirtualDirectory | Format-Table -Auto
Identity,MRSProxyEnabled
remote servers that hosts the mailboxes that you want to move
(or the servers in your on-premises Exchange organization for
365).
mailboxes that you want to move, and run this command in the
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Test-MigrationServerAvailability -ExchangeRemoteMove
-Autodiscover -EmailAddress <EmailAddress> -
Credentials (Get-Credential)
be enabled.
MigrationServerAvailability.