Collaborate Disseminate
A new threat report shows that APTs are switching up their tactics when exploiting Microsoft services like Exchange and OWA, in order to avoid detection. Continue reading Microsoft Exchange, Outlook Under Siege By APTs
Smart Technology Figures Out What You Want to Type On May 8, Microsoft announced plans (MC212345) to introduce a feature called “suggested text” to OWA. Microsoft 365 roadmap item 63795 says “Using smart technology, Outlook will predict text while you type. Just use the Tab key to accept the text prediction.” Text predictions is another […]
The post How OWA Predicts Text as Users Compose Email appeared first on Petri.
Continue reading How OWA Predicts Text as Users Compose Email
Microsoft dodged the opportunity to fire a bullet into their own foot when they pulled back plans to launch “workspaces” in Exchange Online. Announced on Monday and withdrawn on Tuesday, Workspaces are a new form of room mailboxes, the difference being that room mailboxes are used to reserve traditional conference rooms while workspaces seem to […]
The post Microsoft Launches Workspaces, Then Pauses for Reflection appeared first on Petri.
Continue reading Microsoft Launches Workspaces, Then Pauses for Reflection
The Brave Browser offers the prospect of speed and security. But how well does it work with the Office 365 browser apps? As it happens, pretty well, with some exceptions. Here’s what I discovered when I test-drove Brave with OWA, Teams, SharePoint Online, Yammer, Planner, and Stream.
The post Using Office 365 Online Apps with the Brave Browser appeared first on Petri.
Continue reading Using Office 365 Online Apps with the Brave Browser
OneDrive for Business is responsible for how sharing works within Office 365. Big strides are being made to achieving consistency across all the Office 365 apps and new some tricks are coming along too, like being able to link to a PowerPoint slide, requesting people to upload files to a folder, or using the URL in a browser as a link. All good stuff.
The post OneDrive for Business Delivers Sharing Consistency Across Office 365 appeared first on Petri.
Continue reading OneDrive for Business Delivers Sharing Consistency Across Office 365
OWA is the only Outlook client that supports “Likes.” This begs the question how OWA supports likes and where the information about likes is stored. Some probing using easily accessible tools reveals the answer. You might think that the answer only interests Office 365 Trivial Pursuit nerds, but it’s actually of real interest to eDiscovery investigators.
The post The Magic Behind OWA Likes appeared first on Petri.
Microsoft introduced support for like reactions in OWA in 2015. Teams also supports likes, but it also supports other reactions to messages from sad to angry. Knowing how to use these reactions is a social minefield. On a serious notes, reactions are not currently stored in Teams compliance records in Exchange Online, which is a problem if people react to messages with likes.
The post Email, Teams, and Expressing Reactions with Likes appeared first on Petri.
Continue reading Email, Teams, and Expressing Reactions with Likes
Azure Conditional Access policies are pretty powerful, especially when applications accommodate their controls. OWA and SharePoint Online can co-operate with conditional access policies to block the ability of Office 365 users to download email attachments and documents. Although not a perfect solution, it’s a good start.
The post Conditional Access Blocks Downloads of Office 365 Attachments and Documents appeared first on Petri.
Continue reading Conditional Access Blocks Downloads of Office 365 Attachments and Documents
Microsoft is still building out the new OWA (for Exchange Online) interface. One new feature is the ability to make categories into Outlook favorites. This seems like a small thing, but it’s really quite useful if you make an effort to use categories. Some people will love it. Some will say “blah.”
The post New OWA Makes Categories into Favorites appeared first on Petri.
Microsoft has released a new version of Outlook Web Access (OWA) to preview. Office 365 targeted release tenants can check the new UI out to see how it works. It’s new and it’s early, so some glitches exist, but the new OWA is more attractive than the old, which might be all that’s important.
The post OWA Gets a Refresh appeared first on Petri.