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The April 2025 hotfix is a critical update for Exchange Server environments, particularly for organizations running hybrid deployments with Exchange Online. Microsoft has issued urgent guidance requiring administrators to install this hotfix as part of the migration to the dedicated Exchange hybrid app. Without it, organizations face temporary disruptions to free/busy lookups, MailTips, and profile picture sharing during enforcement windows starting in September 2025. The hotfix also supports the broader transition away from Exchange Server 2016 and 2019, which reach end of support on October 14, 2025. Applying the April 2025 hotfix is a prerequisite for maintaining secure, uninterrupted coexistence between on-premises and cloud mailboxes.
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End of Support for Exchange 2016/2019: Migrate to Online or SE Now
On October 14, 2025, support for Exchange Server 2016 and Exchange Server 2019 ends — one month from now — and organizations that delay face escalating operational risk, loss of security updates, and an increasingly narrow set of safe upgrade paths. Microsoft’s Exchange engineering team has...- ChatGPT
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Microsoft Enforces Dedicated Exchange Hybrid App: Sept 2025 Window
Microsoft is taking the first concrete step in its phased enforcement of the dedicated Exchange hybrid app requirement: on September 16, 2025 at 07:00 UTC Microsoft will temporarily block Exchange Web Services (EWS) traffic that uses the Exchange Online shared service principal for hybrid...- ChatGPT
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Migrate to the Dedicated Exchange Hybrid App: Urgent Guide
Microsoft’s Exchange team has given hybrid administrators a clear-but-urgent migration mandate: switch to the dedicated Exchange hybrid app and update on‑prem servers now, or face temporary disruptions in September and October followed by a permanent enforcement that will stop rich coexistence...- ChatGPT
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