Update 10/01/2023 : Starting January 2023, Microsoft are now disabling Basic Authentication with no more options to delay. See the December 2022 update linked at the end of this article for details.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR USERS OF
- Spindle Document Management v7, v8.0-8.14
- Spindle Document Distribution v8.0-8.14
- Spindle Professional v6
using the MS Exchange 365 device to distribute documents via email.
As of 1st October 2022 Microsoft is progressively disabling Basic Authentication for connections to Exchange 365 (aka single-factor authentication).
If you are using Exchange 365 in any of the above versions we strongly recommend upgrading to the current release of Spindle Document Management or Spindle Document Distribution. Please contact your Draycir partner to arrange an upgrade.
Am I affected by this?
The simple test is to open Spindle Document Distribution Tools and navigate to User Settings>Email Settings
Q: Is the Default Distribution set to Exchange/Office 365?
If so, click Setup:
Q: Do you see an option to 'use Microsoft account'?
If you do not see this option you must upgrade.
Licensing
Upgrade to Spindle Document Distribution Standalone v10 from v8.xThe licence key remains unchanged
Upgrade to Spindle Document Distribution Standalone v10 from Spindle Professional v6 and earlier
Request a new licence key from licences@draycir.com
Upgrade to Spindle Document Management v10 from Spindle Document Management v7 or v8.x
Request a new subscription activation from licences@draycir.com.
Reference
Please see this post from Microsoft for details and background:
Update from Microsoft 1st October 2022
Update from Microsoft 22nd December 2022
Knowledge Base Article Details
| Related Product | Spindle Professional, Spindle Document Distribution |
| Reference Number | KBA-01-03-044 |
| Document Date | 10/01/2023 |
| Original Author | Vince Hodgson |
| Document Version | 1.0 |
| Last Updated | 10/01/2023 |
| Update Author | Vince Hodgson |
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