Scheduling Mail Reports in Office 365
Obtaining reports in the past was a manual task which had to be performed every time you wanted to pull data. Many of you (most of you?) have asked us to allow for automated reporting in Office 365....
View ArticleAn Introduction to the new Spam Filter Allow and Block Lists
Rather than start this article with an appetizer, I’m going to switch things up and dive right into the meat and potatoes. Very soon, if not already, you will see two new entries to your Spam Filter in...
View ArticleSupport Hot Topics - Reducing the threat of zero-day malware
Welcome to the second episode in our Support Hot Topics for Exchange Online Protection series. I’m joined in this episode by my co-worker, Jason, and we discuss Exchange Online Protection strategies,...
View ArticleEOP Mysteries Solved - Mail queuing in EOP which is destined on-premises
This is a new series of articles for this blog that were inspired by Mark Russinovich’s Case of the Unexplained series. Each article will tell the story of an Exchange Online scenario that initially...
View ArticleLearn Exchange Online PowerShell with Command Logging
When you are navigating or making changes in the Exchange Online portal, PowerShell is being executed in the background. Using the Command Logger, you can see exactly what that these background...
View ArticleNew Data Loss Prevention documentation
Data Loss Prevention (DLP) is a technology that can detect and prevent sensitive information types from being sent outside of an organization. DLP rules will often need tweaking, and this goes hand in...
View ArticleFind the sending client IP for messages sent from an Exchange Online mailbox
I recently worked with an organization who had a single Exchange Online mailbox become compromised. The mailbox credentials were stolen, and the attacker used them to send mail directly from the...
View ArticleCommon Attachment Blocking (CAB) is coming to EOP
We are happy to announce that Common Attachment Blocking (CAB) is coming to EOP.In the not so distant future, administrators will have the ability to easily block certain file types coming in through...
View ArticleWhy TestConnectivity.Microsoft.com shows EOP as an open relay
The following article was written by Irol Melisa Pinto who is a Technical Advisor for Exchange Online Protection in Microsoft.Hello EOP Admin’s out there! I am writing this article in the simplest form...
View ArticleUseful Wireshark Filters for Mail Flow Troubleshooting
There are some problems that you just can’t solve without getting a network capture with tools like Microsoft Network Monitor (superseded by Microsoft Message Analyzer), Microsoft Message Analyzer, or...
View ArticleKeeping up to date with Office 365 News
The following article was written by Irol Melisa Pinto who is a Technical Advisor for Exchange Online Protection in Microsoft.Hello folks! In this article my main focus is to show how we can leverage...
View ArticleExchange Server 2016 is now available
Exchange Server 2016 was released this morning and is now available for download. The Exchange Team posted an excellent article about the release which I highly recommend checking out. The following...
View ArticleEOP Mysteries Solved – Inbound messages from a particular sender arrive with...
This is an interesting case that I recently worked on and would like to share as part of this series. An organization that uses Exchange Online Protection was receiving automated emails from a partner....
View ArticleOutbound DKIM signing in Office 365
Looking to implement DKIM signing on mail that is outbound from Office 365? This can be enabled in Office 365 through a manual process. In this article we'll talk about what this process looks like,...
View ArticleAuditing transport rules
Transport rules contain an Audit setting that is often misunderstood and unchecked without realizing the implications.Unchecking this box has quite adverse effects on future reporting and...
View ArticleCommon Attachment Blocking (CAB) is coming to EOP
The following article was written by Rob McCarthy who is a Business Program Manager for Readiness in Microsoft. We are happy to announce that Common Attachment Blocking (CAB) is coming to EOP. In the...
View ArticleWhy TestConnectivity.Microsoft.com shows EOP as an open relay
The following article was written by Irol Melisa Pinto who is a Technical Advisor for Exchange Online Protection in Microsoft. Hello EOP Admin’s out there! I am writing this article in the simplest...
View ArticleUseful Wireshark Filters for Mail Flow Troubleshooting
There are some problems that you just can’t solve without getting a network capture with tools like Microsoft Network Monitor (superseded by Microsoft Message Analyzer), Microsoft Message Analyzer, or...
View ArticleKeeping up to date with Office 365 News
The following article was written by Irol Melisa Pinto who is a Technical Advisor for Exchange Online Protection in Microsoft. Hello folks! In this article my main focus is to show how we can...
View ArticleExchange Server 2016 is now available
Exchange Server 2016 was released this morning and is now available for download. The Exchange Team posted an excellent article about the release which I highly recommend checking out. The following...
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