Reading #WeekITtip for the weekend. I am currently involved in a case in which mail (auto)forwarding is used but that is causing the forwarded mail to be rejected. When #SPF, #DKIM and #DMARC are implemented properly, this can break legitimate mail forwarding.
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So, I've started a new blog site. Consider this a soft launch, I still need to quite a lot of customizations. But I wanted to get this out in the world. I'll probably post a lot about #Microsoft #Exchange #SMTP #Microsoft365 and related topics. Bookmark https://davestork.nl !
PSA: There seem to be networking issues in the #Microsoft #Network in North & West-Europe region. It's affecting #Azure and #Microsoft365 services. See for status:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/status/ and MO842351 in the M365 Admin portal.
Starting to implement Inbound #DANE in my #MSExchange #Microsoft365 tenant. First, lowering TTLs & setting #MTA-STS to Test. Now wait!
See the blog from #Microsoft here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/announcing-public-preview-of-inbound-smtp-dane-with-dnssec-for/bc-p/4194057#M39364
Read my thought about this here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dmstork_microsoft-dane-exchange-activity-7219386721304547328-87P1
And with every big #Microsoft event such as #MSBuild, there is a Book of News or #BoN that summarizes the biggest announcements which aren't only for developers. Ideal if you don't have the time to attend any sessions. You can find it here: https://news.microsoft.com/build-2024-book-of-news/
In this week's #WeekITtip I share my thoughts about why I am excited about #MicrosoftPlaces and its Public Preview. Read more on my #LinkedIn profile page https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmstork/
#WeekITtip #SimplifyNow #Microsoft365 #MicrosoftTeams #MSExchange
Well, I can now finally talk about the near future of #Exchange as #Microsoft just published their product roadmap for #Exchange Server! And Exchange Server "vNext" now has a name: Exchange Server Subscription Edition or SE.
Read more details here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/exchange-server-roadmap-update/ba-p/4132742
I talk a bit more in-depth about #MSExchange Subscription Edition on my #LinkedIn profile page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmstork/
There's been a new #WeekITtip, this time it's about some misconceptions surrounding the state of New #Outlook. Read more here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dmstork_mvpsummit-weekittip-outlook-activity-7179515790725939200-APtE?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Check for more helpful tips the LinkedIn tag #WeekITtip and/or #SimplifyNow: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=weekittip and https://www.linkedin.com/feed/hashtag/?keywords=simplifynow
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Sending a mail you shouldn't have sent or used the Reply-All button by mistake.. It happens to the best of us. Yes, that includes me 🤫. Read my post on #LinkedIn on a #MSExchange feature you might have missed! Check https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmstork/ and tags #WeekITtip #SimplifyNow
New year, new #WeekITtip (with a bit of a delay)!
Did you know Google and Yahoo are going to be stricter with unauthenticated mails from 1 februari?
Google: https://blog.google/products/gmail/gmail-security-authentication-spam-protection/
Yahoo: https://senders.yahooinc.com/best-practices/
Especially tend to 3rd-party services you might use. In recent days I've seen a lot of requests to implement DNS changes. Sadly, often the bare minimum.
So, again a little help on the fundamentals of mail authentication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc58wubizx0&t=70s
Hey, instead of doing a weekly #WeekITtip I'm currently doing an #ITadvent tip every day until Christmass! I'm posting those on #LinkedIn. Today's tip is about Outlook COM going away in favor of web add-ins. Check out: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmstork/recent-activity/all/
Now that #MSIgnite is behind, the real journey begins with learning about all the newly announced features, capabilities, and technology. One way to learn this massive amount of information is to do one or more #Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge. You also might win a ticket for #MSIgnite 2024: win win! Find a suitable topic and register in this list here: https://aka.ms/IgniteCSC?ocid=ignite23_csc_M365-MVP-5000976
It's #MSIgnite 2023 time! Or should I say #msAIgnite ? 🤓 There will be a lot of announcements and as usual #Microsoft has released the #BookOfNews which contains the most important announcements. Read up here! https://news.microsoft.com/ignite-2023-book-of-news/
You can still register! There are tons of virtual and/or recorded sessions you can watch even after #MSIgnite. Register here: https://register.ignite.microsoft.com/
Mail or SMTP is a protocol that was not developed with a security-by-design mindset. There are a lot of additional protocols needed to make it safe. But is it safe enough? Read my thoughts on LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dmstork_smtp-spf-dkim-activity-7127980685541138434-I11-?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
#WeekITtip #SimplifyNow #FoodForThought
Sometimes you have take a break or step back and give your thoughts a bit more time. That is what I'm going to do after this week, so that means no #WeekITtip this week.
Or is this the #WeekITtip? 🤔 😉
In any case, good weekend to you all!
While #MSExchange remains a core solution in many organizations, the use of #Exchange Web Servers (#EWS) is being replaced by #Microsoft #Graph. It is important to assess whether EWS is still being used and act if necessary.
The Exchange Product Group has published a series of blogs to help with this migration. Check out the first introductory blog here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/ews-exchange-web-services-to-microsoft-graph-migration-guide/ba-p/3957158
Authenticate your outgoing mail! #Google has posted new guidelines on servers that send mail to their systems. In short: if you do not have #SPF, #DKIM and #DMARC correctly setup they might quarantine or block your mail!
Check those requirements here: https://support.google.com/mail/answer/81126
If you need a refresher, check my Microsoft Exchange Community video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc58wubizx0&t=80s
This is something I've been eager to implement! March 2024 Inbound #DANE will finally start in Public Preview for #MSExchange Online. In short, with DANE sending and receiving mail environments now can verify the server is indeed correct and mitigate Adversary-in-the-Middle attacks. This is something Opportunistic TLS won't protect against.
Definitely prepare! More info: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/implementing-inbound-smtp-dane-with-dnssec-for-exchange-online/ba-p/3939694
In March 2023 #Microsoft announced that #Exchange Online is going to throttle and block mail from unsupported #MSExchange Server versions in specific situations. There was a delay, but this week they published an updated timeline. Take note if you still have unsupported Exchange servers in your network. Get rid of them!
Yesterday was Patch Tuesday but not for #MSExchange. The published CVEs were already fixed in last month's #Security Update!
Use this time to dive into 2 new features for on-prem Exchange: #HSTS Support & Extended Protection to mitigate AitM attacks. Latter will be enabled per default in 2023 H2 (or CU14) for Exchange 2019 & might break things!
Sept. '23 CVE: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/september-2023-release-of-new-exchange-server-cves-resolved-by/ba-p/3924063
Ext. Protection per default: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/exchange-team-blog/coming-soon-enabling-extended-protection-on-exchange-server-by/ba-p/3911849
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