Users have been using Basic Authentication while making connections with services, servers and endpoints for a long time. In this type of authentication method, the application simply sends user name and password with each request.  This has been a simple solution, which was good in old days but due to the rise in cyber-attacks methods, something more secure was needed to improve the user experience of Exchange Online.

The Recent changes

For Exchange Web Services, this Basic authentication method is going off from October 2020 for better Exchange Online security. To phase out old authentication methods, Microsoft is turning off Basic Authentication for Exchange ActiveSync (EAS), POP, IMAP and Remote PowerShell on the same date as well. However, SMTP Auth will continue to support Basic Authentication.

Modern Authentication

Modern Authentication is now based on OAuth 2.0 token based Auth that is not only reliable but also mitigates problems of current authentication methods. It incorporates Multi factor authentication for a better secure experience. In Modern Authentication method, OAuth Access tokens have a limited lifetime. These tokens are limited to applications and resources and can’t be reused. This increases Exchange Online Protection for its users.

Impact on users

With every change related to security, the end-users become more secure, however, organizations offering Exchange Online have to look for a few things and work upon them in time. Remote PowerShell should be switched with PowerShell within Azure Cloud Shell until more secure MFA module is provided for RPS. For tenant admins, a tool would be available soon that determines who is using Basic Auth in the tenant. This makes it easier to discover how large the task to shift the user to Modern Auth methods is. POP and IMAP are also going to be modified and OAuth will be added to these protocols soon.

For Exchange Active sync, a better secured approach towards Exchange Online Security is to opt for Outlook Mobile. It undoubtedly integrates Microsoft Enterprise Mobility + Security (EMS) and MAM protection for a secured corporate data and user data. Outlook mobile supports Modern Auth by default.

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The final release is available to download form Volume Licensing Service Center. The latest release of Microsoft Exchange Server has been designed to deliver attributes that the valued on-premise exchange online customers expected the most. These features are: improved performance and improved administration, security and management capabilities.

The new and improved search technology and scalability improvements have been highlighted. Its architecture has improved with the feature of security in mind. Further, the failovers are made more reliable, connectivity is simplified and calendar man agent is made easier. Microsoft Exchange Server 2019 supports EAI/ IDN email routing and uses Windows Server Core with less code churn with more stability. All these features are ultimately delighting the end users and Microsoft enthusiast even more.

Here is a detailed overview of the key features of Microsoft Exchange Online:

1. Security

It is recommended to install on Windows Server 2019 Core to use Microsoft Exchange Server 2019. However, the basic requirement for latest release of Microsoft Exchange is Windows Server 2019, hence providing the right level of security that the system need in todays’ demanding security requirements. Together Windows Server Core and MS Exchange makes the most secure platform for you to work. Further, the latest build of Exchange Server uses only TLS 1.2 out of the box, plus all the legacy ciphers along with hashing algorithms to remove any chance of security compromise.

1. End-user Experience

Microsoft Exchange Server is heavily used for calendaring and hence large enterprises are immensely dependent on slandering to proceed with their proceedings. A new feature of calendar is introduced in MS Exchange 2019 that is the restricting the forwarding of a meeting request. It also provides better control over OOF settings. A few such new calendaring features are there for Administrators too like managing events in users’ calendars and assigning delegate permissions with much ease-of-use for Microsoft Exchange Online users.

The feature of Unified messaging is deprecated in Microsoft Exchange Server 2019. Customers connecting a third-party PBX or Skype for Business Server with Exchange Server are not able to continue this with Microsoft Exchange Server 2019. As an alternate, Microsoft provides such communication to customers with Skype for Business Server 2019 and using Cloud Voicemail or with Microsoft Office 365 with Cloud Voicemail.

1. Performance Improvements

Major performance improvements in the latest release of Exchange Server are faster search, using improved Bing technology which provides better results in exchange online, easier administration easier and database failovers have been made much faster. The latest Solid State Drive (SSD) technology is used to add dual storage read/write capabilities in Microsoft Exchange Server 2019. Database caching is improved in order to allocate more memory to active databases and their copies for faster loading. More number of users can be scaled up per user with larger disks and client operations latency reduced to half. With this release, Microsoft Exchange Server can now use 48 processor cores and a total of 256GB of RAM.

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