Outlook 2016 and 2019 bypasses AutoDiscover and connects directly to Office 365 mailbox
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https://gist.github.com/ridercz/dc485d38da104835559c1ed8b78afad0
Starting in Outlook 2016 version 16.0.6741.2017, Microsoft has enabled a new feature called Direct Connect to Office 365. What this feature does is connect Outlook directly to Office 365 if Autodiscover is not working. This is great feature but a network hiccup may cause your mailbox to connect to Office 365 rather than your on premise Exchange, even with a valid autodiscover record.
For Direct Connect to take effect the user must have an active mailbox on Office 365 with a valid license. Typically Direct Connect would be a neat feature unles you are in the middle of a migration to 365, but a network hiccup could incorrectly connect you to 365 even though you haven't completed your migration yet.
During 365 migrations Hosted Exchange or On-Premise, we recommend disabling this option from the user computer registry:
You can stop Outlook from checking Office 365 for settings by setting a registry key.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\office\16.0\outlook\autodiscover
DWORD: ExcludeExplicitO365Endpoint
Value = 1
Then restart your computer and it should stop trying to connect to Office 365. When you are ready to flip the switch on your migration, remove this registry key.
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