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Noel1664
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Apr 22, 2021
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My signature stopped working in OWA

I'm using Outlook web through the latest version of Edge and my signature stopped showing in new/reply as of the 21/04. It only comes back if I open the "settings" area click on "compose and reply" and close the window. But if I navigate away from emails, say the calendar and come back it goes again.

 

Its been working fine for years and its starting to affect other users in our 365 tenancy today.  

 

Any ideas?  

  • We found out that there is a known issue with the signature.  "Current status: We've determined that a recent Outlook on the web update introduced a code issue, resulting in the impact. We've developed and are validating a fix which we expect to be ready for deployment in the next few hours and complete by our next scheduled update on Wednesday, April 28, 2021." Noel1664 

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  • JimHakanLarsson's avatar
    JimHakanLarsson
    Copper Contributor

    Noel1664 

     

    For me; all settings was looking good. The solution i tried. I logged into Admin for exchange and went to "Mailboxes" Then i went to Mail connection and i removed the policy for the specified user. Then i added it again (according to photo) Then it worked for the user. Case closed!

    • Fredrik53's avatar
      Fredrik53
      Copper Contributor
      My signature dissappeared in OWA 2-3 days ago. Has been working for years.
      Manual input does not work.
      Not possible to re-enter the signature.
      I am able to use a signature in Outlook 2010 (but I prefer to use OWA).
  • jennglass's avatar
    jennglass
    Copper Contributor

    It is now several months later and still having the same issue that was mentioned.  I have changed the options so many times and try to add my signature manually and still nothing happens.

    I have tried even going through the rules and inserting a disclaimer and that doesn't always go through either!

    What happened and how can this be fixed?

    Thanks!
    Jennifer

    • Bojan_Nose's avatar
      Bojan_Nose
      Copper Contributor
      We fix the problem with Remove and Add back option in Exchange Admin Center: MyBaseOptions.
      We try over online web page, but there was error, so we did it with PowerShell.
      1. Import-Module ExchangeOnlineManagement
      2. Connect-ExchangeOnline -UserPrincipalName user@domain.com
      3. Get-ManagementRoleAssignment -RoleAssignee "Default Role Assignment Policy" | Format-Table Name,Role -Auto
      4. Remove-ManagementRoleAssignment -Identity "MyBaseOptions-Default Role Assignment Policy"
      5. New-ManagementRoleAssignment -Role MyBaseOptions -Policy "Default Role Assignment Policy"
      6. Get-ManagementRoleAssignment -RoleAssignee "Default Role Assignment Policy" | Format-Table Name,Role -Auto
      • jennglass's avatar
        jennglass
        Copper Contributor

        Bojan_Nose, thank you for the reply.  I want to be completely up-front here so you know where I'm coming from.  I know enough about tech to be dangerous but I leave the tech-talk to the "computer people" who can really dig in and do what they do and understand each other better than I can. 

         

        I understand using PowerShell from what you're saying, but since I have a hosted Exchange account and not an on-premise version, I don't know if I have PowerShell access.  And if I do, I wouldn't know how to even get that and would be concerned I'd mess something else up while trying to make edits!

         

        So, what I'm hoping is that you or anyone else here may know what else to do other than hoping a fix will be available as I have no signature at the moment on my emails unless I copy/paste from other messages into the body of my emails which is not an ideal situation.

         

        Thanks so much!
        Jennifer 

  • juls800's avatar
    juls800
    Copper Contributor
    We have the same problem as well with office 365 OWA.
    Please Microsoft fix it!
  • zsmuller's avatar
    zsmuller
    Copper Contributor
    Same here. Still. 😞
    I wonder how many O365 users might be affected by this bug. It seems to have a low priority for Microsoft since they didn't see it necessary to ship a working fix asap. 😮
    • AntoinettePSS's avatar
      AntoinettePSS
      Copper Contributor
      We still have the same problem as well with office 365 OWA. We need to open settings, deselect the signature option and re select it again, then it work again, but when we close the browser and reopen it, the problem returns.
  • ibisiki's avatar
    ibisiki
    Copper Contributor

    Noel1664 it appears when the option 'add signature to all fwds and replies' is selected, no signature works, neither manually added or automatically.
    so removed that option again...

    one of the gazillion issues with ms365 which makes me advise googledocs way more than this

    • Noel1664's avatar
      Noel1664
      Copper Contributor
      Hi Learner6009, Is your 365 tenancy directly with Microsoft or through another provider? We are going through someone else. Its happening in Edge and Chrome.
      • Learner6009's avatar
        Learner6009
        Copper Contributor

        We found out that there is a known issue with the signature.  "Current status: We've determined that a recent Outlook on the web update introduced a code issue, resulting in the impact. We've developed and are validating a fix which we expect to be ready for deployment in the next few hours and complete by our next scheduled update on Wednesday, April 28, 2021." Noel1664 

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