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Outlook – External sender can now be flagged

As you know, Exchange administrators have been able to flag external sender for few weeks already (see https://t.co/144cAWA42F) but this was applicable only to Outlook mobile.Well, good news, if you have already configured it for your Outlook mobile users, this also now applies to Outlook client, including Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on […]

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Outlook Mobile – It is now easier to identify your accounts

If you have multiple mail accounts in your Outlook mobile (both on iOS and Android), it is now easier to identify these accounts. If the company has configured Azure AD Branding, your accounts in Outlook mobile will now show the company logo instead of the Office 365 logo or a single letter based on the

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Exchange Online – You can now send as an alias when using Outlook Web Access

This has been a long awaited feature, the capability to send as a mailbox alias. Well, it is not quite fully there as this feature is limited to Outlook Web Access (aka OWA, aka Outlook on the Web); you can now send as a mailbox alias when using Outlook mobile or Outlook clients. This feature

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Exchange Online – You can now shorten meetings at the organization level

As you may be aware, Outlook clients (for Windows, mobile on iOS and Android or OWA) allow your end-users to shorten a meeting when organizing it. Well, Exchange administrators can now apply the shorten meeting settings at the organization level using Exchange Online PowerShell (use the V2 version available here https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/ExchangeOnlineManagement/) Connect to your Exchange

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Exchange Online – You can now block distribution list to be in BCC (hidden copy)

Today we all know the impact and benefits of distribution list. Well, some time senders may want to send email to peoples and/or distribution lists in hidden copy (BCC) to avoid reply to all storm (especially with distribution list). But you, as Exchange administrator, may want to ensure (at least certain) distribution list are always

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Exchange Online – You can now flag external emails in Outlook

To help increase awareness to end-users to pay more attention on emails they receive, you can now have external emails tag on Outlook Mobile and Outlook Web Access (OWA); this is not (yet?) available for Outlook client on Windows or Mac. Highlighting emails received from external sender will help you end-user to better identify potential

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Exchange Online – Review your DNS configuration to avoid mail flow failures

Starting March 22, 2021, Exchange Online (ExO) and Exchange Online Protection (EOP) DNS infrastructure will be updated to enable Extension Mechanisms for DNS (EDNS) to allow sending DNS data in larger UDP packet which is required for DNSSEC. To prepare for this change, the ExO team has been already reviewing existing Office 365 tenant to

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Outlook – You can now set your meeting to be online by default

After providing a setting to make your meeting as online meeting in Outlook Web Access (OWA – aka Outlook on the Web) – see https://t.co/rQ6jUyGgh3 – and on Outlook mobile, you can now do the same with Outlook for Windows. The option is turned on by default; you can manage it by accessing the Outlook

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Exchange Online – Enforcing receiving email limit

As you know Exchange Online has some limits in place to ensure performance and stability of the service (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/exchange-online-service-description/exchange-online-limits to know more about). As part of these limits, there is one restricting the number of emails received per hour – set to 3600 emails (see https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/servicedescriptions/exchange-online-service-description/exchange-online-limits#receiving-and-sending-limits). Starting April 2021 this limit will be enforce.

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Exchange Online – Exchange Online PowerShell module v2 is now available on Linux and MacOS

Good news for Exchange Online administrators. If you are using a Linux of MacOS device, you can now install the ExO v2 PowerShell module on your device. MacOS versions supported are: Mojave Catalina Big Sur Linux distributions supported are: Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04 (including ARM64) Ubuntu 18.04, 18.10, 19.10 (via Snap package), 20.04, 20.10 Debian

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