Velvis
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Is it possible to forward mail sent to admin@domain to an external email address, to eliminate the need to purchase a license for the admin account?
O365 Admin forward to external address without a 0365 license?
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Sky-Knight
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None of my M365 admin accounts have licenses.
However, all of my tenants have an IT@whatever.com shared mailbox that forwards mail to me, and those are free. Though you do have to configure the policy to allow for external forwarding.
However, all of my tenants have an IT@whatever.com shared mailbox that forwards mail to me, and those are free. Though you do have to configure the policy to allow for external forwarding.
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You do not need to license the admin account.
I have an admin@domain account for each of my clients' tenancy and none are licensed, but they work fine to administer exchange.
I have an admin@domain account for each of my clients' tenancy and none are licensed, but they work fine to administer exchange.
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Most of my admin account are licensed, since I add an EMS E5 license to many clients on managed plans, so I can get my "SIEM-like" alerting thanks to features of the EMS E5 license. I also often put in an M1 or E1 license....(don't need the apps)....for clients that I more heavily admin and manage, so I can get to Teams stuff. Of course, accounts are long in passwords and under MFA.
But I don't use names like "admin". Do you specifically need the name "admin"? In which case you can get some email forwarding capability by creating a contact for your external email, and then doing a distribution group by the name of Admin and forwarding to the contact.
Or you just talking about..having whatever you admin account is called...send emails?
Don't forget, non profit clients can get free online only licenses....in case the client(s) you're talking about are non profit.
But I don't use names like "admin". Do you specifically need the name "admin"? In which case you can get some email forwarding capability by creating a contact for your external email, and then doing a distribution group by the name of Admin and forwarding to the contact.
Or you just talking about..having whatever you admin account is called...send emails?
Don't forget, non profit clients can get free online only licenses....in case the client(s) you're talking about are non profit.
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