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Customize Undelivered Message Retry Period in Exchange Online

Email is an integral part of the way organizations conduct business, so every email sent and received needs to be monitored appropriately. Otherwise, it might collapse the entire organization framework. There are times, however, when emails won’t be delivered to the recipient due to any Microsoft 365 service breakdown, internal network glitches, etc. This results in emails getting piled up in the queued messages and are periodically reattempted to deliver them. And here is where Microsoft brought the idea of message... Read More Read More

Disable Microsoft Exchange Unnoticed Basic Authentication Protocols in One Go!

Previously, on October 1, 2022, Microsoft stated that it would begin to disable basic authentication for Exchange Online. As of November 2022, Microsoft has deprecated basic authentication protocols for all Office 365 organizations unless they have requested a temporary pause. Despite efforts to deprecate Basic authentication over several years, SMTP Auth remained an exception. But the exception is no more! Microsoft announced the decisive step to remove Basic authentication entirely from Client Submission on April 15, 2024. But in reality, have all the basic authentication protocols been disabled? Unfortunately, no!... Read More Read More

Hide Members in Microsoft 365 Groups & Groups from GAL

Office 365 has been rolling out many beneficial features like scheduling Teams chat messages, a new search feature, shared channels, and more. While in the buzz of welcoming the new feature, we also have to ensure that existing ones are utilized efficiently.  As part of these, I was asked about what is this “hidden membership in MS Groups?” What actually does this mean? Though this has been in use for years and has many questions solved, I could no longer... Read More Read More

Enable Litigation Hold in Office 365 Using PowerShell

Organizations must retain all the emails, calendars, etc., including the deleted items related to specific individuals for security purposes and future case investigations. Then you may think that how to retain all the emails even if it gets deleted from Outlook. Thus, Microsoft enables litigation hold in Office 365 to retain the modified email messages and deleted mailbox items from the Recoverable Items folder. All you need is to place the litigation hold on specific mailboxes, all users, or groups... Read More Read More

Set Office 365 Users’ Password to Never Expire Using MS Graph PowerShell

Creating strong passwords is one of the most effective ways to secure your Office 365 environment. To support this, admins often configure several settings to enhance password security in Microsoft 365. However, enforcing frequent password changes through expiration policies can sometimes have the opposite effect—users tend to create weaker, more predictable passwords just to remember them easily. Instead of frequent password changes, it’s more effective to focus on a effective password strategy that doesn’t rely on expiration. By using strong,... Read More Read More

How to Set Automatic Out of Office Reply Using PowerShell

Out of Office (OOF) automatic reply messages helps to notify other users who are trying to reach you in Outlook when you are unavailable. For example, say you are on vacation, you can set up an automatic reply in Office 365. This way, other users will know you are unavailable for a while.  Configuring automatic replies is essential to prevent communication lapses between OOF users and their clients. What if a user missed setting up an Out of Office message... Read More Read More

Remove Email Forwarding in Office 365 Using PowerShell

Exchange Online offers an excellent feature called Email forwarding. It allows users and admins to configure mailbox forwarding and forward messages automatically to other mailboxes. Although email forwarding is convenient and has some potential advantages in terms of facilitating work, unfortunately, it gives hackers easy access to your data and creates the risk of information leaks.  Then, how can you combat this? Here, it would be better to remove email forwarding in Office 365. With this blog, let’s look at... Read More Read More

Top 10 Microsoft Graph PowerShell Cmdlets for Office 365 Admins

Lately, Microsoft announced Msol online, and Azure AD modules will be deprecated after December 2022. So, it’s time to switch to the Microsoft Graph module. As of now, there are no tools to convert Msol and Azure AD modules to their Microsoft Graph counterparts. While it’s familiar to generate Microsoft 365 reports, it’s quite new with MS Graph. So, in this blog, we’ll show you the equivalent top 10 Microsoft Graph PowerShell cmdlets that will help you conduct basic Office 365... Read More Read More

How to Delete Older Emails in Outlook Using PowerShell

With dozens of emails dropping in the mailbox every day, it is hard for a user to handle all those emails. Sometimes, bulk emails may come from a spammy marketing section, or phishing scams, that take up Outlook disk space. So, managing your Office 365 outlook storage space would be complicated and time-consuming. Typically to delete older emails from Outlook is the best strategy to boost the performance, storage, and work efficiency of Outlook.  But how will you manage the... Read More Read More

Manage Calendar Permissions in Office 365 Using PowerShell

As companies everywhere started working remotely, calendar sharing has become incredibly useful and vital in boosting the efficiency and productivity of the organization. It keeps you informed about users’ daily activities and know what they’re up to. Setting up calendar permissions across the organization made everything more efficient than before. But the question is, are you making the most of your calendar?   If not, you’re missing out on the major part! You’ll miss out on what everyone is doing,... Read More Read More