<p>An Office 365 migration has many moving parts -- configuring coexistence, synchronizingdirectories, enabling access to new services and making sure mail continues to flow. After movingmailboxes to Exchange Online, you deserve a pat on the back. But what comes next?</p><p>The final part of moving emailto the cloud often requires decommissioning what remains of your on-premises Exchangeinfrastructure. You need to be clear about the desired result of the project. Are you looking tocompletely remove email-related infrastructure? Or do you want to keep minimal infrastructurearound for management and relay purposes?</p><p>Each option has its challenges, but knowing the end goal will help you decide what the steps arebetween finishing the Exchange Online migration and moving to the next project.Decide whether to remove Exchange</p><p>Because your mailboxes moved to Exchange Online, yourgoal should be reducing the footprint of your on-premises Exchange infrastructure to a bare minimumor removing it entirely.</p><p><a href="http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/After-an-Exchange-Online-migration-what-comes-next">Keep reading...</a></p>