Microsoft has announced plans to retire Client Access Rules (CARs) in Exchange Online for all tenants by September 2025. The company urges organizations to transition to Conditional Access with Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) for improved security and compliance. Client Access Rules in Exchange Online allow organizations to control access to their email services based on...
Exchange Online, a key component of Microsoft 365, offers organizations a robust, cloud-based email hosting solution that combines efficiency, reliability, and scalability. Tailored to meet the demands of businesses of all sizes, Exchange Online provides an enterprise-grade email service with rich features like calendaring, task management, and contacts organization. Its seamless integration with other Microsoft 365 applications, such as Outlook and Teams, ensures a cohesive and productive communication experience. Businesses will benefit from Exchange Online's high availability and redundancy features, which guarantee uninterrupted email service and data protection, crucial for maintaining business continuity.
Security and compliance are paramount, and Exchange Online addresses these needs with enterprise-grade security measures. It includes built-in defenses against spam, malware, and phishing threats, ensuring a secure email environment. Exchange Online also offers advanced compliance solutions, supporting standards like GDPR, HIPAA, and others, essential for businesses handling sensitive information. IT professionals can manage security policies, user permissions, and data loss prevention (DLP) settings with ease, providing granular control over their organization's email security posture. Additionally, with features like eDiscovery and archiving, Exchange Online makes it simpler for IT teams to manage data governance and legal compliance requirements, making it an ideal choice for organizations prioritizing security and compliance in their communication strategy.
Last Update: Dec 03, 2024
Microsoft has released a new feature that adds support for concurrent license assignments in Exchange Online. The latest release enables organizations to assign more than one Exchange Online license to each Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) user. Previously, the Microsoft 365 admin center and Azure AD PowerShell restricted IT admins from allocating concurrent Exchange Online…
Microsoft has released a new delicensing resiliency feature for Exchange Online customers, providing better protection against the accidental removal of user licenses. This feature includes a 30-day grace period, giving administrators more time to address issues and prevent disruptions in mailbox access. In Exchange Online, each user requires a license to access their mailbox. If…
Microsoft has announced the general availability of inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online customers. This feature is designed to strengthen email security by integrating two advanced security standards. Microsoft introduced the public preview of DANE with DNSSEC support for inbound email in June 2024. SMTP DANE (DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities) is a…
Microsoft has rolled out several improvements for the Message Recall feature in Exchange Online. The latest update brings new capabilities like optional recall notifications, configurable recall limits, and support for external round-trip routing. Microsoft released the new cloud-based Message Recall feature for Exchange Online customers in February 2023. It’s more than twice as effective as…
In this article, Bharat Bhushan shows you how to recover deleted emails in Exchange Server. This article is sponsored by Stellar Info. Key takeaway It is simple to restore deleted emails from the Deleted Items folder in Outlook and Outlook on the Web (OWA). Follow these steps: Users may delete emails or other mailbox items…
Microsoft has announced the public preview of Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC support for Exchange Online, marking a significant step in bolstering email security. This feature aims to protect against TLS downgrade and adversary-in-the-middle attacks to ensure secure, unaltered communication. SMTP DANE (DNS-based Authentication of Named Entities) is a security protocol that uses DNS records…
Last Update: May 23, 2024
Microsoft says that Office 365 will support internationalized email addresses (EAI) in Q1 2018. Support is limited to inbound and outbound email and you will not be able to assign email addresses with non-Latin characters to Office 365 accounts until all the heavy lifting is done to make sure that nothing breaks, including in hybrid organizations.
Microsoft takes a pivotal step in improving security with the introduction of a daily external recipient limit for Exchange Online customers. Starting in January 2025, the company will enforce a daily Exchange Online bulk email limit of 2,000 external participants to curb spamming and misuse of resources. The recipient rate limit is a security feature…
Microsoft has announced the public preview of a new High Volume Email (HVE) service for Microsoft 365 customers. The new offering enables commercial users to send large volumes of emails beyond the current limits of Exchange Online. Up until now, Exchange Online allowed users to send emails to a maximum of 10,000 internal recipients per…
Microsoft is set to retire the Microsoft 365 Purview eDiscovery standard search-mailbox cmdlet. The company has recently announced in a message on the Microsoft 365 Admin Center that this change will go into effect in March this year. The Search-Mailbox cmdlet is a PowerShell command that allows administrators to search for particular items in Exchange…
Last Update: Dec 05, 2023
Exchange Online PowerShell is a command-line tool that allows you to manage your Exchange Online mailboxes and users. It can be used to perform a variety of tasks, such as creating and managing mailboxes, configuring mail flow rules, and managing user permissions. In this guide, we’ll show you how to install and connect to Exchange…