If the installation does not start on its own, just run the recently downloaded installer and follow the steps on the screen.Īt this stage, the installation process should be completed, and a shortcut to the HCW should have appeared on the desktop. The HCW installation should start automatically.
By default, administrator’s login has the following format: In a few seconds, a page with a download link should appear:Ĭlicking on the link will start the download of the Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard Installer. To continue, you have to enter your tenant’s global administrator credentials. The Wizard can be started from Exchange Admin Center (EAC) by going to the “hybrid” tab.Ĭlicking on the “configure” button redirects you to the Office 365 login page.
Finally, the last section is a guide on how to analyze logs and solve problems connected with deploying a hybrid environment. After that, I give an insight into what actions the HCW performs in the background. This article gives a step by step guide to getting through the Exchange/Office 365 Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW). What is more, even with all this effort, there is no guarantee that everything will turn out just fine. It might take weeks of collecting data about the infrastructure, reading publications, planning migration stages and testing. Deploying a hybrid environment is one of the most complicated tasks a system administrator faces during migration to Office 365.