Microsoft warned customers today that it will start disabling Basic Authentication in random tenants worldwide on October 1, 2022. This reminder comes after the company's September announcement and ...

Microsoft announced that Basic Authentication will be turned off for all protocols in all tenants starting October 1st, 2022, to protect millions of Exchange Online users. This announcement comes ...

Microsoft recommends enabling multi-factor authentication for Office 365. To do so, you must also disable basic or legacy authentication on Microsoft Exchange Server. Microsoft recently announced that ...

Microsoft now wants to prevent private mail accounts, such as Outlook.com, from logging in with just a username and password. Microsoft wants to make logging into private email accounts, such as ...

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