Still no good solution for cleaning deleted items via the Graph API

2026 is the year in which Microsoft plans to pull the plug on EWS, and before this happens, I’m taking some time to go over my code samples in order to update them to the Graph API or alternatives, as needed. One such code sample I’ve used over the years …

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Free tool to manage Outlook delegates

If you miss the good old Outlook’s Delegate management dialog, or you want to use a similar UI-based tool to manage delegation settings on behalf of users, this is the tool for you. It is a WinForms-based tool that allows you to view, add or remove delegates for Microsoft 365 users, without having to worry about the underlying PowerShell cmdlets. In addition, the tool supports the undocumented CanManageCategories flag. Read the full article for more details and planned future improvements. …

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PSA: More cmdlets require connecting to the SCC endpoint via the -EnableSearchOnlySession switch

We start the new year on a not so positive note. In short, Microsoft messed up the scope of impacted PowerShell cmdlets, as part of the connectivity changes introduced last August (MC1131771), which we initially covered here. After the initial rollout, many customers started noticing strange behavior with additional cmdlets, …

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Unable to reset the SharingPermissionFlags flag when using Set-MailboxFolderPermission

In case you are running into issues with the Set-MailboxFolderPermission seemingly being unable to reset the value for the SharingPermissionFlags parameter, this article explains the “why”. In terms of solutions, there aren’t any good ones, as they all require you to perform additional (manual) actions. Hopefully the different teams within Microsoft will align at some point and allow us to manage delegates in a unified manner! …

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