Subj : Microsoft won't be axing this popular Exchange Online feature jus
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Tue Apr 11 2023 13:00:04

Microsoft won't be axing this popular Exchange Online feature just yet

Date:
Tue, 11 Apr 2023 11:45:00 +0000

Description:
Organizations have been given a September 2024 deadline to migrate, but you 
should still update sooner rather than later.

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Exchange Onlines Client Access Rules (CARs) were announced for deprecation in 
September 2022, leading up to a switch-off for inactive tenants in October 
2022. However, the notice given to CAR users has been extended. 

CARs were set to be axed from September 2023, giving users a year to migrate. 
However, it looks like the company has extended this until September 2024 for 
some users. 

Rules without technical limitations will continue as planned, reaching 
retirement by September 2023, however all other CARs have been given a full 
years extension. Exchange CAR migration 

CARs are granular access controls that were first introduced in 2017 to 
authotize permissions based on properties like IP addresses, protocol, or 
application. 

Newer and more secure features like Azure Active Directory (AAD) Conditional 
Access and Continuous Access Evaluation (CAE) are hoped to replaced CARs and 
provide an egress route for those yet to migrate. Read more 

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It was hoped that the shutdown of CARs for those not actually using them in 
October 2022 would help minimize migration impact and reduce complexities. 
New users since then have only been able to use the successors as mentioned 
above. 

In an announcement , Microsoft recognized that migrating from CARs to 
Conditional Access and CAE requires some planning and testing. The company 
also acknowledged a few scenarios where it's not possible to migrate current 
rules, which it hopes to fix within the year-long extension. 

Irrespective of the deadline being pushed back, if an organization is able to 
migrate, it should. CAE benefits include almost real-time notifications for 
things like account deletion, password changes, and admin changes for 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/news/microsoft-wont-be-axing-this-popular-exchange-o
nline-feature-just-yet


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