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phased enforcement
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The phased enforcement tag covers Microsoft's gradual, time-boxed push to require Exchange hybrid customers to migrate from a shared service principal to a dedicated Exchange hybrid app in Entra ID. This enforcement is driven by a high-severity hybrid vulnerability and involves scheduled EWS traffic blocks that will lead to a permanent cutoff after October 31, 2025. Discussions on WindowsForum.com detail the migration mandate, steps to update on-premises servers, and the security implications of the change. Administrators are urged to act before temporary disruptions in September and October to avoid losing rich coexistence features.
Microsoft has begun a strict, time‑boxed push to move Exchange hybrid customers off a Microsoft‑managed shared service principal and onto a dedicated Exchange hybrid app in Entra ID — a change driven by a high‑severity hybrid vulnerability and enforced through short, scheduled EWS traffic blocks...
Microsoft’s Exchange team has given hybrid administrators a clear-but-urgent migration mandate: switch to the dedicated Exchange hybrid app and update on‑prem servers now, or face temporary disruptions in September and October followed by a permanent enforcement that will stop rich coexistence...
admin consent
april 2025 hotfix
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hybrid coexistence
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it governance
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microsoft 365
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