Microsoft on Thursday announced an update to its plans to end "Basic Authentication" when used with the Exchange Online e-mail service. Basic Authentication, which consists of supplying just a user ...

Back in 2022, Microsoft announced the retirement of Basic Authentication as it was moving to modern OAuth 2.0 token-based authentication. The reason was simple, to move away from such simple ...

With Basic Authentication in Exchange Online set to lose support this fall, Microsoft on Tuesday shared details about the transition and highlighted potential hurdles for organizations. Basic ...

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 warned today that it will permanently turn off Exchange Online basic authentication starting early January 2023 to improve security. "Beginning in early January, we will send Message Center ...

This week brings Exchange Online news regarding Basic Authentication, plus a September cumulative update delay for Exchange Server. If that weren't enough, there's a major security hole discovered in ...

It's finally time for businesses running Exchange Online to switch from Basic Authentication to Modern Authentication before Microsoft disables the former on October 1, 2022, according to the US ...

If you've implemented multi-factor authentication, you should disable the default basic authentication to make sure attackers can't exploit it. Attackers will go after weaker credentials and passwords ...