Microsoft introduces Backup and Recovery for Microsoft Entra ID! Entra Backup and Recovery solution enables you to quickly recover from malicious attacks or accidental changes by reverting your core tenant objects to any previous state within the last 5 days. With automated backups and granular recovery capabilities, it ensures minimal downtime and supports your business continuity in the face of unexpected disruptions. Entra automatically generates one backup per day, retaining the last 5 days of backup history. You can recover key properties of the following core tenant objects: - Users - Groups - Applications - Conditional access policies - Service principals - Organization - Authentication methods - Authorization policy - Named locations #EntraID #Microsoft365 #Microsoft

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🔒 Secure Bits 💡 𝗦𝗠𝗧𝗣 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘄𝗮𝘆 — 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱. Microsoft has published an 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗠𝗧𝗣 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 in Exchange Online - and it will end fairly soon. If you still rely on SMTP AUTH for: - Applications and scripts - Printers and scanners - Legacy systems or monitoring tools … those systems 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 emails once deprecation is enforced. ⏰ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲? - 𝗘𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲: SMTP AUTH Basic Authentication will be disabled for existing tenants. Administrators will still be able to enable it if needed. - 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳: SMTP AUTH Basic Authentication will be unavailable for newly created tenants. OAuth will be the supported authentication method. - 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳: Microsoft will announce the final removal date for SMTP AUTH Basic Authentication. 🤔 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 SMTP AUTH is one of those things that often runs in the background. More often the not, critical service or system relies on it. When it breaks, the impact is very visible — invoices not sent, alerts not delivered, workflows failing — but the root cause is often not obvious. Fixing it usually isn’t a checkbox. It often requires 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗶𝗹, not just tweaking a setting. 🛡️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗱𝗼 - If you are using SMTP AUTH to send emails to 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, you can use High Volume Email for Microsoft 365 - If sending to 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, use Azure Communication Services Email. - If you have an 𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝘆𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗴, you can use Basic auth against the Exchange Server - If you are done changing your systems, I would advise to disable the SMTP AUTH beforehand. ⚙️ 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝗠𝗧𝗣 𝗔𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗿𝗴 1. Sign in to the Exchange admin center. 2. Click Settings > Mail Flow. 3. Toggle the setting labeled "Turn off SMTP AUTH protocol for your organization". 4. Click Save. Even after SMTP AUTH is disabled tenant-wide, it can still be enabled for individual users. Make sure that you run a PowerShell script to retrieve all the mailboxes where SMTP AUTH is enabled and disable it. ⚠️ 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 First, identify if it’s still used via sign-in logs in Entra ID, then change your systems to use modern counterparts 𝗻𝗼𝘄, while you still have time to test and redesign them. 💬 Do you know exactly which apps or devices in your tenant are still using SMTP AUTH? 𝘈𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵: @strnad10 #Microsoft365 #ExchangeOnline #SMTPAuth #SecureBits #HorizonSecured #CloudSecurity

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