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Outlook – You can now automatically decline conflicting invitations

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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Exchange Online – New URL for accessing your mailbox with Outlook Web Access

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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Outlook Mobile – Access to Online Archive is now available on iOS and Android

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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Exchange Online Protection – You can now get end-user to receive automated feedback result

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,

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Exchange Online / Teams – You can now chat directly from Outlook on the Web

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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Exchange Online – You can now preserve declined meetings

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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Outlook Web Access – Meeting participants time-zone notification

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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Outlook – You can now schedule sending emails on Outlook Mobile for Android

NOTE this functionality is already available on Outlook Mobile for iOS If you use Outlook Mobile on Android devices, you can now schedule when the message will be sent. To do so, open the ellipsis menu (the 3 dots) on the left side of the Send button Then choose Schedule Send and pick a time

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Exchange – You can now define work hours locations

With hybrid work increasing, you can now define your work hours location using Outlook Web Access (aka Outlook on the Web). To do so, connect to your mailbox using OWA (https://outlook.office.com/) to access the Outlook Settings from the gear menu Then access the Calendar\Work hours and location blade You can add up to 3 different

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Exchange Online – New cmdlet to help investigate transport and DLP rules

Troubleshooting transport or DLP rules is sometime a tricky thing. Exchange administrator can now use a new cmdlet – Test-Message – to investigate why transport rule did not trigger or work as expected. Test-Message –Sender <sender email address – can be external> –Recipients <recipient email address – can be external> –SendReportTo <report recipient email address>

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