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Practical Purview: Removing Old Items from User Calendars

A reader wants to remove all calendar items over a certain age. Compliance purge actions seem like a good way to do this, but there's a problem that needs to be fixed. eDiscovery purges can do the job, but only if you have eDiscovery Premium. And then there's Graph APIs to consider. All in all, many ways exist to purge calendar items.

June 9, 2025

Microsoft Changes Strategy for High Volume Email

A surprise announcement brings the news that the Exchange Online High Volume Email (HVE) solution will only deliver messages to internal recipients from June 2025. Azure ECS is now the sole offering for sending large volumes of email to external recipients. On the upside, HVE will support basic authentication until September 2028 to give tenants the chance to upgrade devices and apps.

May 12, 2025

Microsoft Announces Tenant-Level External Recipient Rate Limit for Exchange Online

In an announcement that will surprise many, Microsoft announced the introduction of a tenant-wide external recipient rate limit for Exchange Online tenants to roll out starting on March 3, 2025. The new limit is designed to stop bad actors using Exchange Online as a spam platform. Microsoft says that its telemetry indicates that the new TERRL will not impact many tenants, but that fact is worth checking for any organization.

February 24, 2025

Microsoft Enhances Message Recall for Exchange Online

Microsoft released the initial implementation of a cloud-based message recall feature last year. Now they're back with a set of enhancements to take the rough edges off, like explaining to users why messages disappear from the inbox and enabling support for external services like email hygiene and mail autosignature providers.

August 29, 2024

Using the Azure Email Communication Service to Send Messages

If you're looking for an email service capable of handling large volumes of email to external recipients, Microsoft will propose Email Communication Services (ECS). Built on top of Exchange Online, ECS shares some characteristics with the High Volume Email (HVE) solution. After testing both, HVE is probably a better solution if you have a Microsoft 365 tenant.

August 6, 2024