Exchange admin center in Exchange Online Protection for on-premises organizations

The Exchange admin center (EAC) is a web-based management console that's available in Exchange Online Protection (EOP) for cloud protection of on-premises email environments. This version of the EAC is a subset of the EAC in cloud organizations with Exchange Online mailboxes.

Looking for the Exchange Online version of this article? See Exchange admin center in Exchange Online.

Open the EAC in EOP for on-premises organizations

In EOP for on-premises organizations, the EAC is available at https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com, which is the same URL in Exchange Online.

Common user interface elements in the EAC in EOP for on-premises organizations

This section describes the user interface elements that are found in the EAC.

Feature Pane

The left navigation pane is the first level of navigation for most tasks in the EAC. The feature pane is organized into feature areas.

• Home: Various cards show information about your organization.
• Recipients:
  • Groups
  • Mail contacts
  • Mail sers.
• Mail flow:
  • Run a message trace
  • Exchange mail flow rules (also known as transport rules)
  • Accepted domains
  • Connectors
  • Alert policies
• Roles:
  • Admin roles
  • User roles (role assignment policies for Microsoft 365 Groups)
• Reports:
  • Mail flow reports
• Insights: Mail flow insights
• Settings
• Troubleshoot
• Migration: Status and location of features moved from the classic Exchange admin center to the new Exchange admin center or other portals.

Tabs

The tabs are your second level of navigation. Each feature area contains various tabs, each representing a feature.

List View

When you select a tab, in most cases you see a list view. The viewable limit with the EAC list view is approximately 10,000 objects. Paging is included so that you can page to results.

Details flyout

When you select an object from the list view, information about that object is displayed in a details flyout that opens. The details flyout often includes management tasks.

Supported Browsers

For the best experience using the EAC, we recommend that you always use the latest browsers, Office clients, and apps. We also recommend that you install software updates when they become available. For more information about the supported browsers and system requirements for the service, see System requirements for Office.