As you are probably aware, Microsoft has announced the blocking of Exchange Web Services (EWS) on Exchange Online (see Retirement of Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online | Microsoft Community Hub) in October 2026. While many organization still rely on EWS for some activities, it is quite difficult to identify the use of EWS across […]
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This is change will only impact customers in Exchange hybrid configuration and using cloud archive feature. Starting May 12, 2025, access to the cloud archive mailbox for an on-premises mailbox will not longer be possible when accessing using Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on the Web). Access to the cloud archive will not
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This functionality is only available on Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on the Web) and new Windows Outlook client. You can now set a setting to automatically decline conflicting request meetings. From time to time, you may receive request meetings which are conflicting with events already in your calendar; most of the time
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As announced in April 2023 (Office 365 – New unified domain for Office 365 services), Microsoft has been unifying Office 365 services under the cloud.microsoft umbrella domain. Well, the transition process is in full swing and today a new service is transitioning: Exchange Online Outlook Web Access. Outlook Web Access URL is switching from https://outlook.office365.com/
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If you use Exchange (either on-premises or online), you are probably already using the Online Archive (also known as In-Place Archive) which is a ‘separated/hidden’ mailbox storage to help reduce the size of your mailbox (see Manage email storage with online archive mailboxes – Microsoft Support). Well, while access to the Online Archive has been
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As announced in 2023, Office 365 services are moving under the cloud.microsoft umbrella domain (Office 365 – New unified domain for Office 365 services (hametbenoit.info)). Since then, quite few services have been already moved under the cloud.microsoft domain (Office 365 – Transitioning to cloud.microsoft domain (hametbenoit.info), Office 365 – Continuous move to cloud.microsoft domain; new
If you use Exchange Online, you know you can be protected from spam and phishing emails using Exchange Online Protection (aka Defender for Office 365). In addition, you can also get your end-users to report spam or phishing emails which may have gone through the protection filters using the Report Message add-in in Outlook (client,
If you are using Outlook on the Web (aka OWA or Outlook Web Access), you probably noticed when you could start/continue a Teams chat using the chat button available top right of OWA. But it is launching another page to use Teams on the web, making you leaving OWA. Well, good news as now you
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There is always time when you have to decline meeting request. When declining meeting request, the corresponding entry in your calendar is off course deleted. The problem is when there is changes which make you want to change your answer but because the meeting has been deleted, it is no longer in your calendar and
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It is not always easy to schedule meeting with people on different time zone as you can’t easily identify their local time or even know if they are on a different time zone. Well, good news as now you will get notified when meeting participants are on a different time zone and then using the
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