Microsoft extends Purview Audit log retention after July breach

October 19, 2023 at 04:27PM Microsoft is extending Purview Audit log retention following the breach of Exchange and Microsoft 365 accounts by the Chinese hacking group Storm-0558. The affected organizations included government agencies, with the US State and Commerce Departments among them. The changes will roll out to customers with Standard licenses, providing longer retention … Read more

Microsoft disables bad spam rule flagging all sent emails as junk

October 18, 2023 at 04:13AM Microsoft resolved an issue where admins were receiving an excessive number of blind carbon copies (BCC) of outbound emails flagged as spam. The problem caused legitimate emails sent to external addresses to be marked as spam. Microsoft disabled the rule causing the problem and confirmed that it has been resolved. … Read more

Microsoft fixes known issue causing Outlook freezes, slow starts

October 17, 2023 at 10:04AM Microsoft has resolved a known issue with Outlook for Microsoft 365 users that was causing slow starts and freezes. The problem occurred during cache re-priming and was related to difficulties in determining the default state of the cache. A fix has been released in the Beta Channel and will roll … Read more