Best way to move from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2019

According to Microsoft, there is no direct migration path from Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2019. I am building out a new Windows 2019 server to host the Exchange 2019 instance. My question is:

1) Can I migrate the mailboxes from Exchange 2010 to the new 2019 instance (ideal situation) since I'm not upgrading the existing instance

2) Or should I do an in-place upgrade of Exchange 2010 to Exchange 2016 (this is running on a 2008R2 server), then migrate the mailboxes from Exchange 2016->2019

3) Or install Exchange 2016 on the new Windows 2019 server, Migrate the mailboxes from the old Exchange 2010 -> 2016, then run an in-place upgrade from Exchange 2016->2019?

Thanks


You cannot directly upgrade to server 2019 from server 2010 natively. You can however use a third party app like the one from CodeTwo

I have done several exchange migrations and I recommend upgrading to exchange 2016 for now and waiting a few weeks to make sure everyone is happy before moving to exchange 2019.