OAuth

Exchange Online – Use OAuth to authenticate when using IMAP, POP or SMTP protocol

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As you are probably aware Microsoft has been removing basic authentication capabilities in Office 365 services, which includes connectivity using ‘legacy’ protocols like IMAP, POP or SMTP. While this removal is for the greater of good – basic authentication is not a secure way to authenticate as it can be easily hack and does not […]

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Exchange Online – New support for OAuth authentication for SMTP, IMAP and POP

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If you are working with Exchange Online, chances are you have some components in your environment (applications, network devices…) which need to access mailboxes hosted in Exchange Online. Well, until now the only way for most of these components was to use POP/IMAP/SMTP connections; which we all know is not the most secure protocols. Good

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Exchange Online – Get ready for the retirement of Basic Authentication

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In the process of re enforcing security, one of the key is to use robust and secure authentication protocols and methods. With that in mind, get ready for the retirement of the basic authentication in Exchange Online for POP and IMAP. If you use POP and/or IMAP to connect to an Exchange Online mailbox, you

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Azure MFA – Support for hardware OAth token and multiple MFA devices coming on Azure MFA

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You may be already aware of the Azure Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) solution which has been available for quite some time. Well, good news as Azure MFA is now going to support hardware tokens (OATH-TOTP SHA-1). As you may already know Azure MFA requires end-user to have a phone available (either mobile or desk phone)

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