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Will Azure DNS soon support DNSSEC

Will Azure DNS soon support DNSSEC

Andres Bohren
Hi All, While writing the Blog Article that Microsoft is moving to New cloud.microsoft Domain for M365 i’ve been stumbled across something very interesting. In the Article from the Exchange Team Blog from Septemer 2023, they have anounced that Inbound DANE will be available between March and July 2024 using a new Domain *.mx.microsoft Implementing Inbound SMTP DANE with DNSSEC for Exchange Online Mail Flow I’ve decided to test DNSSEC with MXToolbox
March 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates

March 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Yesterday, Microsoft has anouced on the Exchange Team Blog the Exchange Server 2016/2019 March Updates. Released: March 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates OutsideInModule is disabled after installing Exchange Server March 2024 SU After you install the March 2024 security update, text extraction workloads can no longer be performed for the following file types: Jpeg Tiff AutoCAD Known issues with this release: Download domains not working after installing the March 2024 SU OwaDeepTestProbe and EacBackEndLogonProbe fail after installing March 2024 SU Downloads:
throttling and blocking of out-of-date on-premises Exchange Servers

throttling and blocking of out-of-date on-premises Exchange Servers

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Microsoft has published several Blog Articles on the Exchange Team Blog, that they will throttle then block old and unpatched on-premises Exchange Servers. Throttling and Blocking Email from Persistently Vulnerable Exchange Servers to Exchange Online Update on Transport Enforcement System in Exchange Online How to pause throttling and blocking of out-of-date on-premises Exchange Servers Timeline They started in Summer 2023 with Exchange 2007. Now in February 2024 they start to block Exchange 2013 - Extended Support ended on 11 April 2023
Enable DKIM in Exchange Online (updated)

Enable DKIM in Exchange Online (updated)

Andres Bohren
Hi All, A few years ago, i have already written an Article how to Enable DKIM in Exchange Online. Enable DKIM in Office 365 Things change over time and so does the Exchange Admin Center. Enabling DKIM has moved to the Microsoft Defender Admin Portal. Here are some older Articles regarding DKIM SPF / DKIM / DMARC DKIM with Exchange To enable DKIM in Exchange Online you have to go to the Microsoft Defender Admin Portal and select > Policies & rules > Threat Policies > Email authentication settings
February 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates

February 2024 Exchange Server Security Updates

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Yesterday, Microsoft has anounced on the Exchange Team Blog the 2024 H1 Cumulative Update (Exchange 2019 CU14) Update. Released: 2024 H1 Cumulative Update for Exchange Server News: Exchange 2016 ist supported only with the latest CU (CU23) - Update to the latest Security Update (SU) Exchange 2019 CU14: Exchange Server Support for Windows Extended Protection is enabled by default (Can be disabled with Setup Parameter /DoNotEnableEP or /DoNotEnableEPFEEWS but is not recommended) Read the Prerequisites for enabling Extended Protection on Exchange server New Exchange Schema Version (setup.
Exchange 2019 Edge Sync: No EdgeSync credentials were found

Exchange 2019 Edge Sync: No EdgeSync credentials were found

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Recently i wanted to do some Tests with my Exchange 2019 Infrastructure in my Azure Lab and did run in some Problems with EdgeSync. I knew it was working before, because i have blogged how to setup Exchange 2019 Edge Transport Role. I was lucky and explained the Problem on the Exchange Coffee Talk with some experienced Friends from the Exchange Community. They gave me some helpful tips 😍
Hybrid Configuration Wizard with granular configuration feature

Hybrid Configuration Wizard with granular configuration feature

Andres Bohren
Hi All, This Week, the Microsoft Exchange Team Blog announced the “granular Configuration feature” for Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard (HCW). Hybrid Configuration Wizard with granular configuration feature is now available Details about the configuration Options can be found here Choose Exchange Hybrid Configuration They also updated the Permissions required Hybrid Configuration wizard Note that Global admin permissions are required if Exchange hybrid is configured for the first time! You can download the new Exchange Hybrid Configuration Wizard here: http://aka.
Customize M365 Profile Card

Customize M365 Profile Card

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Recently i have stumbled across the following Article on how to extend the M365 Profile card with custom Entra ID Attributeds Add or remove custom attributes on a profile card using the profile card API You can only use the following Attributes UserPrincipalName Fax StreetAddress PostalCode StateOrProvince Alias and customAttribute1 customAttribute2 customAttribute3 customAttribute4 customAttribute5 customAttribute6 customAttribute7 customAttribute8 customAttribute9 customAttribute10 customAttribute11 customAttribute12 customAttribute13 customAttribute14 customAttribute15 In Graph Explorer we can check the current Profile Card Properties
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) 2.8.1 released

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) 2.8.1 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Yesterday a new Version of the “Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer” (ORCA) PowerShell Module has been released. PowerShell Gallery ORCA 2.8.1 According to GitHub Milestones the latest Update seems to fix an issue with the SPF Record I am using the new PSResourceGet here instead of the PowerShellGet commands. Show installed Versions and what’s available in PowerShell Gallery Get-InstalledPSResource ORCA -Scope AllUsers Find-PSResource ORCA Uninstall the old Module and install the newest Version.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) 2.8.0 released

Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer (ORCA) 2.8.0 released

Andres Bohren
Hi All, Yesterday a new Version of the “Microsoft Defender for Office 365 Recommended Configuration Analyzer” (ORCA) PowerShell Module has been released. PowerShell Gallery ORCA 2.8.0 According to GitHub Milestones the latest Update seems to fix six issues I am using the new PSResourceGet here instead of the PowerShellGet commands. Show installed Versions and what’s available in PowerShell Gallery Get-InstalledPSResource ORCA -Scope AllUsers Find-PSResource ORCA Uninstall the old Module and install the newest Version.