GUEST OPINION: The use of Basic Authentication over the internet is as old as the basic standard for the world wide web. Its use was outlined in May 1996 as part of the standard for version 1.0 of ...

This week brings Exchange Online news regarding Basic Authentication, plus a September cumulative update delay for Exchange Server.

Microsoft recommends enabling multi-factor authentication for Office 365. To do so, you must also disable basic or legacy authentication on Microsoft Exchange Server.

If you've implemented multi-factor authentication, you should disable the default basic authentication to make sure attackers can't exploit it.

Microsoft is now planning to disable Basic Authentication use with its Exchange Online service sometime in the 'second half of 2021,' according to a Friday announcement.

This hard stopping point for Basic Authentication will be problematic for organizations with custom apps that use the scheme, according to an FAQ section within an Exchange team announcement.

Microsoft recently announced plans to end support for Basic Authentication in its Exchange Online e-mail service when used with various e-mail protocols.

Speaking at the RSA security conference last week, Microsoft engineers said that 99.9% of the compromised accounts they track every month don't use multi-factor authentication, a solution that ...