We often get asked to help with email forensic work during an email migration project. Senior leadership may require a discrete email forensic investigation carried out. The other common request related to email forensic expertise, is to provide email SMTP expert witness services. The globalemailforensics.com website provides more in-depth coverage […]
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As we close off 2024 it is a good time to remind ourselves when Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019 support ends. Microsoft have a date of October 14th 2025 for support ending for both Exchange 2016 and Exchange 2019. Microsoft recommend moving to the new Exchange version – Exchange Server […]
If you are running Exchange 2019 in your environment, including as part of an Exchange Hybrid setup, then you should be running the latest Exchange 2019 CU14 update. Exchange 2019 CU14 provides a number of important updates to Exchange 2019. You can download it here. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=105878 Exchange 2019 CU14 Extended […]
TLS 1.3 was introduced back in August 2018. However, Exchange 2019 and Exchange Online do not currently support it. Windows 2022 has introduced support for TLS 1.3, but Exchange 2019 does not support it, so please do not try this as likely will cause issues for Exchange 2019. You need […]
DANE support with DSSEC for Inbound SMTP Exchange Online Microsoft now support the use of SMTP DANE with DNSSEC to further secure inbound mail flow into Exchange Online. This is free for any Exchange Online licenced mailbox. Microsoft were going to only allow DANE support for E5 licenced mailboxes, but […]
DMARC is a free email authentication protection control that is used alongside SPF and DKIM. When used correctly it provides an effective security policy to help prevent malicious actors from impersonating your email addresses outside of your email system. There are increasing cyber threats against email systems, and any organization […]
Microsoft have made various announcements about removing the last Exchange Server from your Exchange Organisation if you have migrated all mailboxes (and mail functions) to Office 365. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/Exchange/manage-hybrid-exchange-recipients-with-management-tools This is in the context that you still have Active Directory and Azure AD Connect, with all user accounts still mastered in […]
We are often asked to migrate customers off GoDaddy hosted email to a new Microsoft Office 365 (O365) Tenant. GoDaddy is widely used by customers for hosted email, as that is where they have their DNS registration for their domain names. It is easy for a GoDaddy customer to sign […]
Microsoft released Exchange 2019 CU13 in May 2023. Anyone using Exchange 2019 is recommended to deploy this latest cumulative update. This is also known as the Exchange 2023 H1 update. The major feature for this release is support for Modern Authentication, with the intention to prevent the use of basic […]
If you are still using a hosted email service that is based on IMAP (or POP3) it is time to consider moving onto Microsoft 365 Exchange Online, and benefit from the improved security. I have seen many customers on IMAP experiencing identity theft where user credentials have been gained, and […]