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O365 Exchange connectors apply spam filters before checking certificate
If you have devices like multifunction printers which need to send email the MS solution is to configure an inbound email connector. You can use source IP to identify the origen of incoming messages and to associate them with the inbound connector. However the best way is to use a certificate in the TLS session. So far so good. However theres a design problem. MS applies RBL filters seemingly before checking either the source IP or the certificate. If the IP appears in the list MS simply reject the connection. The makes no sense as they are checking against the spamhaus general rbl. This RBL contains all dinamic IP ranges. I don't know for other countries but where I am even if you contract a fixed IP, the IP address they assign you is still in the dynamic IP range, its just fixed. This means that the reverse lookup on the IP address shows a name with dynamic in it. Spamhaus automatically include these in their RBL. Most companies will have a normal fiber connection, with a fixed ip or not. Those fiber connections will almost always be included in a spamhaus rbl as they are not going to be running mail servers. Thus checking the IP against the general spamhaus RBL makes no sense as it is going to automatically block almost everyone who would actually use an inbound mail connector. Does anyone know how to communicate this situation to whoever controls this in MS? Ian
MC1269241 - Can't turn off antropic for agentmode
Hi, I’m trying to figure out how to turn off the new feature where Anthropic is enabled by default for everyone in the EU for agent mode in excel and powerpoint, as described in the Message Center news in the title. It is not possible to press Save when you have unchecked the setting unless you also consent to the terms of use, it is greyed out. Since we want the feature turned off, we do not want to agree to any terms of use. Has anyone found a solution? This seems to be misconfigured.
The Admin Center offers a uniquely retro approach to licensed group management
You can see the name of licensed groups from the licensing blade, but you can’t click it or copy the name. Instead, you manually retype it elsewhere—because nothing says “modern cloud platform” quite like a 1997‑era workflow.
Unable to remove Office Store applicaitons in admin center:
Hi! Yesterday I changed the settings in the screenshot below and it worked. It showed that IT blocked access when clicking on the Add-Ins button in Word and Excel. Today it shows the list off add ins and nothing was changed in the settings. Users can install add ins again: Google shows results of an Org setting in M365 admin panel that doesn't exist anymore. Any help would be appreciated.
M365 only admin locked out MFA error 53003
I am learning this the hard way....so here it goes. Currently I am locked out of as the only admin on the tenant with error 53003. I was updating some Microsoft MFA default policy settings in Entra and mistakenly deleted the admin user from the exclusions list, and got locked out. Thankfully I have another tenant, not as big the one locked out. Initiated several support tickets for which everyone calls, and despite of subline mentioning the issue says that they have to assign this ticket to Entra. Then the ticket gets updated and noone has been assigned every since. I have initiated severity A support tickets from Azure portal but no one has called in last 24 hours to help. We area business with Business Premium licenses with over 20 users, and now completely locked out. I have looked almost everywhere online. There is no phone number that takes you to a support agent - PLEASE HELP........Onedrive sharing not working for one user
There is only one user who cannot share with anyone external or internal. I have checked everything, they are a site owner, a site admin, a site member, we have no restrictions on sharing, it works for others. I made a new site just for them as the only admin, they still cannot share. They have been removed and re-added 5 times. We have a microsoft support ticket and they don't even seem to know the issue. What can I do?
APP Android Excel 365
Hallo und guten Tag, wird möchten mehrere Android Tablets anschaffen um eine auf einem W11 Laptop (mit VBA und Macros) erstellte Excel 365 Anwendung zu nutzen. Hat jemand Erfahrung mit Excel 365 für Android. Insbesondere geht es mir um die herauszubekommen, inwieweit VBA und Macros auf dem Tablet ausführbar sind. Gruß PeterMicrosoft Feedback Portal account issue
I changed my Microsoft email a year ago, and it updated everywhere other than the Feedback Portal. As a result, I get an error when I try to login, or do anything on the page. Microsoft account support's suggestion was to login to the Feedback Portal which is insane given I'm having issues accessing it. How can I get this issue resolved? I've got three separate support tickets now and they keep asking me to wait 24 hours to get the issue resolved. Can someone from the Feedback Portal team please contact me to resolve this? This is what Microsoft Support have said: "understand your frustration, and yes—this is an account‑related issue because the Feedback Portal is still tied to your old alias, which causes login conflicts and forces you out. Your Microsoft account itself signs in correctly, but the Feedback Portal is pulling outdated identity data that you cannot update on your own. Since you cannot access the Portal to submit feedback, directing you back there is not a workable solution. What you need is for Support to escalate this to the internal Identity/Feedback Platform engineering team so they can manually correct the outdated alias mapping on the backend. In this situation, the Feedback Portal and Tech Community teams are the ones who manage and maintain that specific platform. Because the issue appears on the Feedback Portal side—even though your Microsoft account is working normally—only their dedicated team can make the necessary corrections on their end. That’s why we are guiding you to connect with them through the links provided: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/ or https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback. They will be able to review the portal‑specific account data and assist you further. I understand why this is frustrating. Since you’re unable to stay signed in to the Feedback Portal, I completely see why posting there isn’t possible for you. However, I do need to be transparent: I’m not able to escalate this issue directly to the Feedback Portal team, as they don’t provide internal escalation channels for us and only accept requests through their own platform."
People Skills Not Enabling – Possibly Due to Tenant Being Marked as “EDU”
Hi everyone, We’re trying to roll out People Skills across our organisation, but the feature never becomes active in our Microsoft 365 tenant. After a lot of investigation, it looks increasingly likely that the root cause is that our tenant is classified as an Education (EDU) tenant. Which is correct, we are a mixed tenant accurately so for licensed purposes, but Education tenants don't get People Skills. Service plans updated and all initially looked out just no configuration appeared. Anyone else having issues with People Skills? MC1060842 – (Updated) Microsoft 365 Copilot: People Skills will be available starting in May MC1060845 – New Service Plan: People Skills Announcing People Skills general availability and new Skills agent | Microsoft Community Hub
Distribution List & Security Group
I need a group that is a distribution list (so we can send emails to members of the group) & a security group (so I can assign the group to intune policies). How do I accomplish this? I don't want to just create the security group as our memebers don't like to go to groups in Outlook to check for email, they rather have it in their inbox... TIA, J
