#Create an On-premises Service Account Profile (Fly)

Currently, only the organizations with a working subscription for the Fly service can manage on-premises service account profiles for the Exchange On-Premises migrations.

*Note: The on-premises service account profiles can only be used for the Exchange On-Premises migrations.

To create an on-premises service account profile, navigate to Management > Service account > On-premises service account, click Create under the On-premises service account tab, and then configure the following settings:

1. Profile name – Enter a name for the service account profile.

2. Description – Enter an optional description.

3. Exchange service provider – Select an option from the drop-down list.

4. Exchange version – Select an option from the drop-down list.

5. Exchange server host – Enter the hostname of your Exchange server. If your Exchange server is hosted by any service provider, provide the Web access host of the Exchange server.

6. Username – Enter the username of an account that will be used to connect to the above Exchange server host. Note that the account must have a mailbox, and the format of the account must be username@contoso.com.

7. Password – Enter the password of the account above.

8. Click Save to save your configurations.

*Note: If the creation fails and the error message Failed to validate this on-premises service account. Check the information you entered and try again. appears, you can try the following methods for troubleshooting: