Tag: OWA Lite

Microsoft wants users to upgrade from legacy Outlook clients. The biggest impact for Microsoft 365 tenants might be the loss of OWA light, but consumer users are in for the same kind of change that enterprise users experienced when Microsoft blocked basic authentication for Exchange Online. The announcement wasn’t very clear about what’s happening, so we’re happy to clarify matters.

Microsoft has announced that in Fall 2023 they will force Exchange Online users who run unsupported browsers to use OWA Lite instead of OWA Premium. The restriction will start rolling out in September 2023 and be implemented worldwide by November. People who use browsers like Opera and Brave will be affected and be forced to use Chrome, Edge, or Firefox (or Safari on macOS) to use OWA Premium.