Update: The full timeline for retirement of Basic Authentication in Exchange Online is now published in Basic Authentication Deprecation in Exchange Online – September 2022 Update.
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Updated Jul 09, 2024
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silverts - yes, absolutely yes. We personally use an automated e-mail fetching system that integrates into our core business, we use IMAP with an app password for it and that breaking will leave us at a standstill, and it's not OUR app so it's not something we can code an update to. Being at the mercy of other app developers to update an (admittedly aging) app, before the deadline. Ouch.
Greg Taylor - EXCHANGE - I know you said there is plans, but just reinforcing the fact that we need to allow an override for this to use an app password on a per-account basis or something, there's lots and lots of uses for IMAP/POP right now using basicauth, not just a little bit. Many businesses may be using an older application that will NOT get an update, and for them an immediate transition to a new app may not be an option for them, yet they've already fully committed to using Exchange Online, so this change effectively breaks their businesses.