Category: Cloud

Microsoft Office 365 email account configured via IMAP (with basic authentication) no longer works. It keeps asking for a password and doesn’t accept it. This behaviour is expected. As of 2024, Microsoft 365 no longer accepts basic authentication for IMAP (it can still be enabled for SMTP). To resolve the issue either use a native…

Migrating from Godaddy’s Office 365 email subscription to Microsoft 365 is a bit more complicated than a normal email system migration. This is because both systems are hosted by Microsoft and you can’t do certain things you would normally do during the migration, i.e. setting up the same domains on the Microsoft 365 account while…

To quickly find whether individual users have MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) configured:

I was under the impression that Microsoft killed “Clutter” and replaced it with “Focused Inbox” a long time ago, but it appears that it is still possible to re-enable it. “Clutter” has an advantage over “Focused Inbox” in that it is not tied to Outlook and works within all email clients. To enable “Cutter” run:…

A user is unexpectedly getting a lot of email reports from Microsoft Office 365 starting: # Questionable URLs detected in message: After this follows the headings of the reported email. These emails look like they were sent by various people within the same organisation, but obviously, they were not sent manually. The issue was caused…

The benefits of MFA (Multi-Factor Authentication) are pretty obvious and this should be enabled everywhere and every time. However, as an admin, you sometimes have to log in as a user to troubleshoot certain issues, and in those cases, if the user is not around, MFA can be causing certain issues. Often recommended way to…

DMARC (Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance) works with SPF (Sender Policy Framework) and DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail) to authenticate mail senders. This is just one additional tool in the never-ending fight against phishing and spoofing. DMARC also instructs receiving servers on how to proceed when incoming emails fail SPF or DKIM validation. Before you…

If you restore an Office 365 Shared Mailbox via the Microsoft 365 Admin Center > Users > Deleted Users, it will restore the associated user account in Blocked state with ExRemoved… address, but the Shared Mailbox itself will still be nowhere to be found. The proper way to restore deleted Shared Mailbox is via PowerShell:…

Microsoft 365 SharePoint doesn’t show folder sizes in any prominent place. You also can’t click on Details or Properties as you would do in Windows. Luckily it’s quite easy to view folder sizes if you know where to look. The quickest way is simply to add /_layouts/15/storman.aspx to the end of your SharePoint site URL. i.e. https://my_company.sharepoint.com/sites/Company-Data/_layouts/15/storman.aspx.…

Added free “Microsoft Teams Audio Conferencing with dial-out to USA/CAN” license for every user who needs this functionality. Microsoft 365 Teams Admin Centre > Meetings > Audio Conferencing > Add a new Custom Policy with a US number in your preferred State. Assign the policy to your users. June 2023Microsoft Office 365Microsoft Teams

Issue All non-admin users within the company cannot see images on the main internal company’s SharePoint Intranet site. All they see are placeholder images.

Received a somewhat worrying email from Google this morning: Full email text: