Bulletins and communications

The following topics were covered in this month's LA Bulletin: NHSmail all user survey update, Basic Authentication deprecation in Exchange Online, Microsoft Teams Phone System, NHSmail introduced number matching in MFA and covered how to access NHSmail services from outside of the UK, Power Platform Old Default Environment decommissioning update, N365 NHSmail Townhalls 2023 information.

On 9 January 2023, as part of updates to the Microsoft Teams Desktop Client, users on Teams 1.4 or earlier will encounter a blocking page requesting to upgrade to the latest version of Teams.

Latest information on changes to the user management lifecycle, NHSmail introduction of number matching in multifactor authentication (MFA), and forensic discovery request enhancements. Including the most recent NHSmail Portal update, an update on the NHSmail roadmap, and the announcement of the next Local Administrator (LA) webinar.

Latest information on user account hygiene change, what this means, new management lifecycle for user accounts, and what a user needs to do

Latest information on security questions review, recommended LA Administrator (LA) action password reset process review, Multi-Factor (MFA) bulk edit coming to NHSmail, Self Service password reset, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for key business accounts, recommended LA spam/malicious email identification and compromised account guidance

Latest information on cyber security recommendations and updates, recommend Local Administrator (LA) action password reset process review, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for accounts working in sensitive or high risk business areas, spam/malicious email identification, disablement of NHSmail accounts with a registered non-UK number, MFA for compromised accounts and new anti-phishing safety MailTips.

The archived LA Bulletins are available here.

The archived LA Communication are available here.