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Exchange Online EWS is dying, here is what IT admins can do to prepare

Usama Jawad — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 19:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has reminded IT admins that the "time is almost up" for Exchange Online EWS, and "scream tests" are on the way. Read more...

Microsoft delays Exchange Online feature after major backlash from frustrated IT admins

Usama Jawad — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 10:08:01 +0000

Microsoft has delayed an upcoming Exchange Online feature after public frustration from IT admins. The "enhancement" was supposed to roll out next week. Read more...

Microsoft is 'reimagining' archiving processes in Exchange Online

Usama Jawad — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 19:46:01 +0000

Microsoft has redesigned the archival process in Exchange Online, and IT admins don't have a way to disable this new feature. Read more...

Microsoft rolls out August 2025 security patches for Exchange Server

Usama Jawad — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:10:01 +0000

Microsoft has released August 2025 Security Updates (SUs) for Exchange Server deployments, containing fixes for the recent, high-severity CVE-2025-53786 flaw. Read more...

Microsoft isn't happy you're using unsupported Exchange versions, announces final deadline

Usama Jawad — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 19:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has put out a rather sternly worded advisory urging customers to complete public folder migrations from legacy versions of Exchange as soon as possible. Read more...

Microsoft announces surprise ESU programs for Skype for Business and Exchange

Usama Jawad — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 05:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has published advisories announcing Extended Security Update (ESUs) for some Skype and Exchange products, but there are many caveats. Read more...

Microsoft's new Exchange Message Trace: What admins need to know before September

Paul Hill — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced the upcoming general availability of the new Message Trace in Exchange Online. Here's what admins need to know. Read more...

Apple iPhone trade-in offers more bang for the buck in a limited time offer

Aditya Tiwari — Fri, 23 May 2025 15:52:01 +0000

Apple is running a limited-time offer giving increased trade-in values for iPhone models in several countries. Read more...

Microsoft 365 introduces changes to High Volume Email and extends Basic Authentication

Paul Hill — Wed, 07 May 2025 06:52:01 +0000

Microsoft 365 has received changes to High Volume Email (HVE) and has extended the deadline to switch from Basic Authentication. Read more...

Microsoft increases prices of all standalone on-premises server products

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 00:14:01 +0000

Microsoft is increasing the prices for its on-premises server products and introducing new subscription editions. They are also increasing the prices of Core and Enterprise CAL Suites. Read more...

Microsoft announces new updates for Message Recall feature in Exchange Online

Pradeep Viswanathan — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 05:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has released several updates to its cloud-based message recall feature for Exchange Online: Optional Recall Notifications for Recipients, Maximum Recallable Message Age and more Read more...

PSA: Support for Exchange Server 2013 is ending soon

Usama Jawad — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 09:14:01 +0000

Support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 is ending in less than two months. Microsoft is recommending upgrading to Exchange Server 2019 or migrating to the managed Exchanged Online. Read more...

Prosecutors split on whether to charge crypto's largest centralized exchange, Binance

Paul Hill — Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:18:01 +0000

The U.S. Justice Department is still divided on whether to pursue charges against the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance. Prosecutors are looking to see if it laundered money and more. Read more...

Third-largest crypto exchange, Kraken, outlines plan to survive the crypto winter

Paul Hill — Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:06:02 +0000

Kraken has announced it's cutting 30% of staff as it tries to endure the crypto winter. Just like non-crypto companies, Kraken is having to make tough decisions due to macroeconomic conditions. Read more...

BlockFi files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy due to financial links with FTX

Paul Hill — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:48:01 +0000

BlockFi has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy just weeks after halting withdrawals. Customers with assets on the platform should be able to file claims during the process to retrieve some assets. Read more...

FTX files for bankruptcy, Sam Bankman-Fried steps down as CEO

Paul Hill — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 16:14:20 +0000

FTX has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and Sam Bankman-Fried has stepped down as CEO. The firm will now try to monetize its assets to pay back stakeholders, including those who lost their assets. Read more...

Binance backs out of FTX deal after SEC launches investigation over mishandled funds

Paul Hill — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 06:17:46 +0000

Binance has backed out of a non-binding deal to provide FTX with liquidity. The decision came after the SEC said it was going to be investigating FTX to see whether it broke any rules. Read more...

Microsoft issues advisory about two 0-day vulnerabilities in Exchange Server, no fix yet

Usama Jawad — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:42:01 +0000

Microsoft has issued an advisory about two 0-day vulnerabilities affecting on-premises installations of Exchange Server. Unfortunately, no fix is available yet but there are a couple of mitigations. Read more...

FTX proposal would offer a lifeline to investors with assets stuck on bankrupt Voyager

Paul Hill — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 22:14:01 +0000

FTX is offering to help Voyager customers get a portion of their assets back if they sign up on FTX. The liquidity offer has not yet been taken up by Voyager and will be optional for users. Read more...

Y2K22 bug: Microsoft rings in the new year by breaking Exchange servers all around the world

Dean Howell — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:20:01 +0000

In order to resume processing of mail, sysadmins are disabling malware scanning on their exchange servers, leaving their users, and possibly the servers themselves, vulnerable to attack. Read more...

Microsoft is securing Trusted Documents on Office 365 to prevent attacks

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 15:58:01 +0000

Microsoft is making Trusted Documents more secure by making sure they block Active Content like macros, ActiveX, and DDE after the IT admin's choice to block it, instead of the end-users' choice. Read more...

Colonial Pipeline was using vulnerable, outdated version of Microsoft Exchange

Subir Kathuria — Wed, 12 May 2021 22:50:02 +0000

Colonial Pipeline may have been using an outdated version of Microsoft Exchange when it was targeted by a ransomware attack last week. Pipeline operators were warned about potential attacks in 2020 Read more...

New customization options are available for Reply-all Storm Protection in Microsoft 365

Usama Jawad — Thu, 06 May 2021 13:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has rolled out new customization options for Reply-all Storm Protection, which is used to detect and restrict email storms in organizations. The feature will be available to all by mid-June. Read more...

Microsoft publishes advisory about the importance of keeping Exchange Server up to date

Usama Jawad — Mon, 26 Apr 2021 17:32:01 +0000

Microsoft has published a detailed advisory, recommending customers to keep their Exchange Server instances updated at all times and to plan maintenance windows to apply security patches. Read more...

Microsoft releases security updates for Exchange Server following report by the NSA

Usama Jawad — Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:56:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a new set of security updates for numerous Exchange Server versions following the discovery of certain security flaws. Exchange Online once again contains protections already. Read more...

Over 370,000 Exchange Server instances have now been patched or mitigated

Usama Jawad — Wed, 24 Mar 2021 17:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that based on the telemetry data it has been observing from 400,000 on-premises Exchange Server IPs, 92% have applied patches to mitigate the ongoing security vulnerabilities. Read more...

Microsoft Defender will now automatically break the attack chain in Exchange Server exploits

Usama Jawad — Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has enabled Defender Antivirus to automatically mitigate a recent vulnerability in on-premises Exchange server instances. This acts only as a temporary workaround to break the attack chain. Read more...

Microsoft publishes advisory as Exchange server attacks increase around the globe

Usama Jawad — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 09:14:01 +0000

Microsoft has published another advisory regarding ongoing Exchange server attacks, stating that it is pushing emergency updates to patch vulnerabilities in certain out-of-support software as well. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: An unfortunate Exchange, Ignite in the spring, and Windows generations

Florin Bodnarescu — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 15:52:01 +0000

The week brought us Ignite news, Exchange on-prem vulnerability news, and even some expected Insider build news. Make sure to catch up with everything that happened via our handy overview. Read more...

On-premises Exchange servers are under attack from a state-sponsored group

Usama Jawad — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 13:04:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed that on-premises Exchange servers are under attack from a state-sponsored group operating from China and utilizing 0-day exploits. Exchange Online is safe from the threat. Read more...

Microsoft will soon begin throttling Exchange mailboxes

Usama Jawad — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has announced that it will enforce throttling for Exchange mailboxes which receive over 3,600 messages per hour. This threshold was previously treated as a "soft limit" by the company. Read more...

Blockchain launches new crypto exchange dubbed The PIT

Paul Hill — Tue, 30 Jul 2019 15:48:01 +0000

The cryptocurrency company, Blockchain, has announced a new exchange called The PIT which it claims is fast, reliable, and liquid. It hopes the platform will allow traders to be more efficient. Read more...

Microsoft Exchange gets its own Fluent Design icon

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 16:16:01 +0000

Slowly, but surely, Microsoft is bringing its Fluent Design-based icons to all of its apps and services. Microsoft is the latest to introduce the new look, bringing it in line with the Office apps. Read more...

Cryptocurrency exchange gets hacked, loses a hefty $32m

Hamza Jawad — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 14:32:02 +0000

The Bitpoint exhange in Japan has suspended its services, following a security breach in which $32m in digital currencies got stolen. Most of the funds that are lost belong to customers. Read more...

Kraken CEO: Cryptocurrency market to hit $1 trillion valuation in 2018

Paul Hill — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 19:18:01 +0000

Kraken crypto exchange CEO, Jesse Powell, has stated that he believes that the cryptocurrencies will achieve a valuation of $1 trillion this year. In January, bitcoin lost more than half its value. Read more...

Coinbase looks set to deploy SegWit in the near future

Paul Hill — Tue, 06 Feb 2018 08:34:01 +0000

Coinbase has announced that it is in the final phase of testing SegWit, before it deploys the technology on its network in the coming weeks. Coinbase has been unpopular for delivering SegWit slowly. Read more...

Coincheck will refund those affected by recent hack

Paul Hill — Sun, 28 Jan 2018 09:08:01 +0000

Coincheck, a Japanese cryptocurrency exchange, has announced that it will refund users which had their NEM cryptocurrency stolen. The company will have to pay users back around $400 million. Read more...

CME jumps into bitcoin futures trading as announced

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Dec 2017 11:40:01 +0000

The world's largest futures trading exchange, the CME, has begun offering bitcoin futures as it had previously announced back at the beginning of the month. The launch could boost bitcoin's price. Read more...

Bitcoin futures started trading on Sunday, pushing $19,000 per coin

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 09:34:01 +0000

The much-anticipated Bitcoin future contracts have gone live this weekend, with prices for the cryptocurrency seeing significant jumps, hitting around $19,090 per coin in February 2018. Read more...

Bitcoin splits in two; The first ‘Bitcoin Cash' block has been mined

Stergios Georgopoulos — Tue, 01 Aug 2017 18:04:01 +0000

After an agreement on technical rules that should guide Bitcoin's future could not be reached, a group has now created 'Bitcoin Cash', a new fork that addresses some issues Bitcoin has faced lately. Read more...