As described in Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 63831, there is a major change coming to automatic external forwarding in Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) accounts. External forwarding of email is a tactic used by attackers to exfiltrate data out of an organization and controlling that process is difficult. With this new feature Microsoft is adding support for more granular controls that allow the Microsoft 365 and...
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In a previous post, we had notified of Microsoft putting the depreciation of basic auth on hold due to COVID-19. While that portion does not have a new depreciation date set, the depreciation of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 do, with a new planned depreciation date of October 15, 2020. On Windows 10, 8, or 8.1 By default, the TLS 1.2 and 1.1 protocols are available if no network...
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In a previous post we notified you that Microsoft will be fully retiring basic auth for Office 365/Microsoft 365 tenants as of October 13, 2020. Today, however, Microsoft has released a new update that explains the retiring of Basic Auth will be delayed until the second half of 2021 due to the COVID-19 crisis the world is currently facing. It's important to note that Microsoft will still...
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Microsoft has decide to rename the existing Office 365 Business plans to Microsoft 365 Business. We have anticipated and already updated our website and service offerings over at our Microsoft 365 Business services page! Don’t worry—you don’t need to do a thing! Your product services, apps, and features will stay the same, along with the price. Your subscription name will update automatically in the admin center and...
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Microsoft has just released an update about their existing plans to retire basic authentication for Office 365 access on October 13, 2020. If no action is taken, client applications using Basic Authentication for EWS, EAS, IMAP, POP and RPS may be unable to connect after October 13, 2020. Any application using OAuth 2.0 (Modern Authentication) and connecting using any of these protocols, will continue to work without...
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We are excited to announce that all of our shared web hosting accounts now have a free, permanent SSL certificate enabled. . This includes all current web hosting customers, and future clients that sign up for web hosting in the future as well. . Why The Change? Google is changing the visual cues for HTTPS in Chrome’s user interface, starting in September. Sites using HTTPS will no longer trigger the green “Secure”...
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