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Microsoft delays Exchange Online feature deprecation after feedback from IT admins

Usama Jawad — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 21:54:01 +0000

Microsoft is planning to deprecate a legacy feature in Exchange Online, but it appears that IT admins are facing challenges in modernizing their workflows. 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 sends "Final Notice" before you lose Outlook access on third-party apps today

Sayan Sen — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 09:16:01 +0000

Microsoft has been sending "Final Notice" emails to users before they lose access to Outlook on third-party mail apps. Read more...

Microsoft is killing off Basic Auth in Exchange Online starting today

Usama Jawad — Sat, 01 Oct 2022 09:00:01 +0000

Microsoft has started deprecating Basic Auth in Exchange Online starting from today, as it has been warning for years. Customers are encouraged to migrate to Modern Auth (OAuth 2.0). Read more...

Microsoft will disable Basic Auth for Exchange Online next month... but not really

Usama Jawad — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:16:49 +0000

Microsoft has once again informed customers that it is deprecating Basic Auth for many Exchange Online protocols starting from next month. However, tenants will be able to bypass it temporarily. Read more...

Google warns of configuration change for interop between Calendar and Exchange Online

Usama Jawad — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 07:08:01 +0000

Google Workspace customers integrating Google Calendar and Exchange Online have been urged to make a configuration change before Microsoft disables an old authentication mechanism in October. Read more...

Microsoft is working with Apple on an iOS update to improve Exchange Online security

Usama Jawad — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 06:34:01 +0000

Microsoft has partnered with Apple on an upcoming iOS update that will migrate Exchange Online accounts using Basic authentication in the Mail app to the more secure Modern authentication (OAuth 2.0). Read more...

Microsoft's Outlook IMAP login issue is affecting several third-party email clients

Usama Jawad — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:36:01 +0000

For the past few days, an issue with Microsoft's Outlook service is affecting numerous third-party email clients. It results in problems when authenticating accounts and exchanging emails. Read more...

July update for Power BI On-premises data gateway now available

Hamza Jawad — Thu, 23 Jul 2020 22:50:01 +0000

This time around, there are a couple more changes in comparison to the usual monthly On-premises data gateway update. As always, an updated version for the Mashup Engine has been released as well. Read more...

Flaws found in Samsung's SmartThings platform give attackers access to your home

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 03 May 2016 10:56:01 +0000

Researchers from University of Michigan and Microsoft have found worrying flaws in Samsung's SmartThings IoT platform that allows attackers to gain access to homes and snoop on users. Read more...

Major exploit found in OAuth and OpenID login tools

John Callaham — Fri, 02 May 2014 16:21:40 +0000

Two popular open source login systems, OAuth and OpenID, can be affected by the "Covert Redirect" exploit to take personal data from users, according to a new study from a security researcher. Read more...

Twitter: No accounts were compromised

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:29:12 +0000

After reports came out yesterday of Twitter being hacked and thousands of accounts being made public, the company has now gone on the record to clear things up: they weren't hacked! Read more...

Facebook to kill Facebook Connect

Andrew Lyle — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:56:01 +0000

Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, announced today that Facebook will be launching their new Open Graph protocol and APIs, eliminating Facebook Connect, according to Mashable, via the F8 conference. Facebook Open Graph is set to lockdown on... Read more...