Exchange Online

Microsoft Exchange Online Archiving allows you to alleviate issues your users run into when their mailboxes approach their allocated quota. As an IT admin, Exchange Online Archiving is a really powerful tool that should not be overlooked. In this article, I’ll examine why archiving is necessary and how to enable Exchange Online Archiving to help…

Microsoft is increasing the default mailbox quota for the Office 365 E3 and E5 plans to 100 GB. That’s quite a lot of space to fill, but Microsoft has good reasons for upping the limit.

Microsoft has recently disclosed a security breach that allowed Chinese hackers to access the email accounts of around two dozen organizations. Now, security researchers have found that the stolen security key provided access to far beyond Outlook and Exchange Online email accounts. According to Microsoft, the Chinese hacking group (dubbed Storm-0558) used forged authentication tokens…

As an IT Pro, it is crucial to your organization to make sure that your users receive legitimate emails. Sometimes, Exchange Online Protection (EOP) can flag these emails as spam. Safely creating whitelists for specific domains/email addresses allows you to efficiently manage email flow in your organization and protect your users from malicious activity. In…

Microsoft announced yesterday that it’s blocking the use of Remote PowerShell (RPS) protocol for Exchange Online in June 2023. The company recommends organizations to plan their migrations to the latest Exchange Online PowerShell module. In October, Microsoft started killing off Basic Authentication support for Exchange Online customers to prevent password spray attacks. This change applies…

Last week, Microsoft confirmed that Chinese hackers gained unauthorized access to email accounts of U.S. government agencies and other sensitive organizations. On Friday, the company detailed a blog post to explain the cause of the security breach that compromised Exchange Online email services. According to Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence team, the Storm-0558 hacking group abused three…

Microsoft has disclosed that Chinese hackers breached the email accounts of US government employees. The hacking group (tracked as Storm-0558) exploited a flaw in Microsoft’s cloud email service to gain unauthorized access to email systems. Microsoft found that the threat actors used forged authentication tokens to access affected user accounts through Outlook Web Access in…

Microsoft unveiled its plans to retire the old Exchange Admin Center (EAC) in 2021. The company has announced that the new EAC has reached feature parity with the classic portal, which will be fully retired on June 20, 2023. Microsoft announced the general availability of its new EAC back in April 2021. Since then, the…

Last year, Microsoft unveiled that it would phase out Client Access Rules (CARs) in Exchange Online in September this year. Now, the company has announced that it has delayed the deprecation of CARs, and it’s expected to be complete until September 2024. Client Access Rules (CARs) is a feature that enables IT admins to allow…

Last year, Microsoft announced its plans to deprecate Remote PowerShell (RPS) in Exchange Online in June 2023. Now, the company has decided to delay the deprecation of the RPS protocol until October this year. Remote PowerShell is a feature that allows IT admins to connect to their Exchange Online through PowerShell commands. It lets administrators…