Microsoft’s April 17 announcement that OWA in Exchange Server will not support access to online archives after May 12, 2025, surprised quite a few people. However, the decision is entirely logical and is driven by falling mailbox numbers on-premises and the need to match engineering and support costs with revenue. Outlook classic continues to support access to online archives. Maybe Outlook will be the Exchange on-premises client for the future.
Microsoft originally were going to license the Outlook Org Explorer to E3 and E5 users. Then they had the clever plan to license the feature through Viva. The gloss has gone off that idea and now Microsoft says that all commercial Microsoft 365 users will be able to use the Org Explorer starting in early 2025. In other news, you’ve been given 15 months’ notice about Outlook toggling.
Copilot audit records generated for the Microsoft 365 audit log capture details of the resources (files, emails, and documents) used by Copilot in its answers. This doesn’t sound very exciting, but it is important for forensic investigators who need to understand what information is consumed to generate AI answers. In another development, the Copilot for Microsoft 365 chat app is now available in Outlook classic.
