<p>Establishing coexistence between on-premises Exchange Server and Office 365 is not easy. Andeven though Microsoft created a wizard to help with the process, creating a hybrid Exchange Serverdeployment is still a tall order.</p><p>So is it any easier in Exchange Server 2013? Let's take a look at what's involved in deploying ahybrid Exchange Server with on-premises Exchange and Office365.</p><p>Exchange 2013has a number of features that make it easier to set up a hybrid deployment, including creating astreamlined configuration process. In ExchangeServer 2010, running the Hybrid Configuration Wizard was only the first step. After doing so,you had to use a separate wizard called the Manage Hybrid Configuration Wizard. Exchange Server2013 combines those two wizards.</p><p>Microsoft also made the wizard less confusing; the Exchange Server 2010 SP2 wizard dealt withthe ClientAccess server and Hub Transport server selections separately. This confused admins who combinedthe roles onto a single server. The new wizard only requires administrators to specify mailbox orEdge Transport servers. There are also a number of other improvements to the configurationwizard.</p><p><a href="http://searchexchange.techtarget.com/tip/Why-its-easier-than-ever-to-deploy-hybrid-Exchange-Server">Keep reading...</a></p>