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From 01.11.2021, at least Outlook 2013 SP1 is required for Microsoft 365. Previously, older Outlook versions usually worked with Microsoft 365 without any problems. From 01.11.2021, however, Microsoft will now block Outlook versions older than 2013 SP1 from being used and block these versions. Here is the corresponding article from Micorsoft: New ... Read more
Sometimes it may be necessary to install the Exchange Online Shell on an older operating system, for example if an older Exchange Server version is to be migrated to Exchange Online or Microsoft 365. However, when trying to install the shell, an error may occur where the error message is not entirely clear. The following error message can occur, ... Read more
When routing emails in Exchange Hybrid mode, the following error may occur between Exchange on-prem and Microsoft 365 mailboxes when sending mails from a local mailbox (or an external sender) to an M365 mailbox: Remote Server returned '554 5.4.108 SMTPSEND.DNS.MxLoopback; DNS records for the next hop domain are configured in a loop -> ... Read more
I have just uploaded version 3.8 (code name Leslie). This is the first version that has a "code name" because Leslie (the Leslie) was kind enough to dig through the many lines of PowerShell code and found and reported some bugs. The following bug fixes are included in version 3.8: updatereport.ps1: The module showed the ... Read more
Does anyone remember the call for support for a proposal by Jeff Guillet regarding centrally managed Outlook signatures? I reported on Jeff's proposal in March 2018 and asked for support for the proposal. A total of 8754 votes were cast in favor of the proposal and in September 2019 the answer came that ... Read more
If user accounts are synchronized using Azure AD Connect, no Microsoft 365 (formerly Office 365) license is assigned by default. In the default setting, a corresponding license must therefore be assigned manually so that the users can use the Microsoft 365 services. However, this process can also be carried out automatically. So that users are automatically assigned a Microsoft ... Read more
