It’s less than a year until Microsoft turns off Basic Authentication for its Exchange Web Services (EWS). While new apps like Office 365 Pro Plus use modern authentication techniques, if you ...

This week brings Exchange Online news regarding Basic Authentication, plus a September cumulative update delay for Exchange Server.

Microsoft is now planning to disable Basic Authentication use with its Exchange Online service sometime in the 'second half of 2021,' according to a Friday announcement.

If you are using basic authentication with Client Submission (SMTP AUTH) to send emails to recipients internal to your tenant, you can use Microsoft 365 High Volume Email.

A massive botnet of over 130,000 compromised devices is conducting password-spray attacks against Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts worldwide, targeting basic authentication to evade multi-factor ...

A new capability that allows IT pros to disable 'basic authentication' when using the Exchange Online service is now available as a public preview, though there are a few caveats.

Microsoft calls on customers to enable multi-factor authentication as it blocks billions of phishing email and password attacks.