Update Your Exchange Servers Now or Face the Music: No More Emergency Mitigations!
Microsoft warns outdated Exchange servers can’t receive new emergency mitigations due to certificate changes. EEMS, the Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service, can’t connect to the Office Configuration Service on servers older than March 2023. It’s time to update, or risk your server feeling as outdated as a dial-up modem in a Wi-Fi world.
Hot Take:
Oh, Microsoft, you had one job! Secure our emails so we can continue sending cat memes without a care in the world. But now, thanks to some outdated servers and decommissioned certificates, we’re back to panicking about our inboxes. Who knew procrastination could be so hazardous to our digital health? Time to get those servers updated, folks, or risk losing more than just your latest email chain.
Key Points:
- Microsoft’s Exchange Emergency Mitigation Service (EEMS) can’t update outdated Exchange servers due to deprecated certificates.
- The service automatically applies security mitigations to protect against high-risk vulnerabilities.
- Only Exchange versions updated to March 2023 or later can receive new emergency mitigations.
- Older Exchange servers display “Error, MSExchange Mitigation Service” without updates.
- Microsoft emphasizes the importance of keeping servers updated to handle threats like ProxyLogon and ProxyShell.
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