Update: Microsoft Office 365 Basic Authentication Retirement
We recently published a news item about the effect that Microsoft’s retirement of basic authentication could have on ResourceXpress customers. In light of the current global health crisis Microsoft have decided to postpone retiring Basic Authentication in Exchange Online (MC204828) until the second half of 2021.
In March 2018 Microsoft published an announcement advising that basic authentication to Exchange Web Services (EWS) for Exchange online will be retired on October-13 2020. Please see the below link for the original announcement from Microsoft. Upcoming changes to Exchange Web Services (EWS) API for Office 365. This means that our original advice on how this affects ResourceXpress customers is still valid but Microsoft have given you a bit more time to take action. We recommend that all affected customers still take action as soon as is practical.
In March 2018 Microsoft published an announcement advising that basic authentication to Exchange Web Services (EWS) for Exchange online will be retired on October-13 2020. Please see the below link for the original announcement from Microsoft.
Upcoming changes to Exchange Web Services (EWS) API for Office 365
Office365 administrators can also view details of the announcement in the O365 Message Centre by searching communication numbers MC191153 and MC204828.
How does this affect ResourceXpress?
ResourceXpress is a .NET application which utilises Exchange Web Services (EWS) to synchronise and display resource bookings on our range of products. When basic authentication is retired any site that still uses this method will immediately see a disruption to ResourceXpress functionality.
