About this tag
The adminautomation tag covers Microsoft platform changes that require proactive administrative action, including Exchange Online EWS retirement (disablement starting October 2026, full shutdown April 2027) and WMIC removal in Windows 11 25H2. Key themes include migration to Microsoft Graph and PowerShell CIM/WMI, tenant-level controls, license enforcement, and security improvements. Administrators must plan for these deprecations to avoid operational disruption.
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    Exchange Online EWS Retirement: Timeline, AppID Allow List, and Graph Migration (2026–2027)

    Microsoft has given administrators a hard, non-negotiable runway: beginning October 1, 2026, Exchange Web Services (EWS) will be disabled by default in Exchange Online tenants, and the platform will be completely and permanently shut down on April 1, 2027. That phased shutdown—combined with new...
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    EWS Retirement in Exchange Online: Admin Action Plan by Oct 2026

    Exchange Web Services in Exchange Online is being retired, and the clock is now unmistakably ticking: Microsoft will begin tenant-by-tenant disablement starting October 1, 2026, with a final, irreversible shutdown of EWS in Exchange Online in 2027. This move completes a deprecation that began...
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    • adminautomation appid allow list ews retirement exchange online graph migration microsoft graph microsoft graph migration migration planning
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    • Forum: Windows News
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    WMIC Removal in Windows 11 25H2: Migrate to PowerShell CIM/WMI

    Microsoft has begun removing the long‑standing Windows Management Instrumentation Command‑line (WMIC) tool from Windows images — WMIC will be absent by default on new installs and removed for systems upgraded to Windows 11, version 25H2 — and administrators must treat this as a scheduled change...
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    • adminautomation automation migration batchtopowershell cim feature on demand fod get-ciminstance legacy tools monitoring powershell_cim_wmi pro scripting scriptupgrade security vendor migration windows 11 windows management instrumentation wmi wmic
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    • Forum: Windows News