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How to restrict users from sending emails: Office 365

Written by Saajid Gangat in Microsoft,Microsoft 365,Microsoft 365 Guides Last Updated July 28, 2023

Microsoft user admins and global admins can restrict users from sending emails both natively within the network and outside the organization. However, there is not a pre-set feature within Office 365 to allow network admins to restrict the mail flow of a user. For this, you will need to create a new rule to prevent users from sending emails only. More conveniently you can block the user completely, however that will restrict access to all Office-related applications such as SharePoint or OneDrive. Mail flow rules in Exchange Online Office 365 have been available to allow admin status users to refine their preferences and allow more specific control over how the users interact with the company network. This overall improves the functionality of the network and allows for more restrictions to be set in place should it be required. Blocking outbound emails by creating a mail flow rule is the main subject of this blog where we will talk about a couple of methods to block mail flow and some drawbacks.

Step by step process – How to restrict user from sending emails: Office 365?

  • First, sign into your Office 365 account.
  • Use the app launcher and navigate to admin.
  • In the admin dashboard, under “admin center,” click on “Exchange” (you may need to click “Show all” to access).
  • In the Exchange dashboard, click on “Mail flow.”
  • Then click on “rules.”
  • Now click on the “+” symbol to create a new rule.
  • Type out a name for the new rule this will be the rule handle.
  • From the “Apply this rule if” drop down, choose “The recipient is located.”
  • From the “Do the following” dropdown click the “reject the message” option.
  • Then click on “OK.”

We’ve also created a video to help guide you through the steps:

Now that the restriction is in place, the Office 365 user will no longer be able to send an email to anyone within or outside the organization. When they attempt to send, they will receive a warning message that states the mail was not sent due to restrictions applied. However, the users will be able to use other Office software such as the Office suite or SharePoint. If admins want to restrict the user from everything they can simply block the user from the Office 365 active user dashboard.

You can prevent messages from coming into your inbox from particular email addresses or domains. When you add an email address or domain to your banned sender’s list, communications from that sender are immediately moved to the Junk Email folder in Outlook.

You can block the email addresses and domains from which you don’t want to receive messages if you’re receiving unsolicited emails. To send communications straight to your Junk Email folder, add any email address or domain to your prohibited sender’s list.

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Why block users from sending emails in Office 365?

Mailbox content is mainly used for essential mail and content that is specific to the organization in question. Therefore users may get quite frustrated if their inbox is flooded with junk mail or constant phishing messages from organizations outside the company of delegated users internally who may send promotional mail that is not relevant to your organization. That is why having this feature enabled within Office 365 will allow admin users to eliminate and restrict user mail flow, therefore, preventing the build-up of spam or junk-based mail. The creation of a new rule in the mail flow of Exchange is the method admins should use when conducting a user restriction audit. 

As user admins, you want to ensure you make the right decisions when managing the users within your network. Completely removing the user may cause issues for admins who may want to restore the user as they will need to start from a new domain.  Also, there may be an occasion where admin users like you would like to restore a blocked user to be allowed to send emails again. To do this, just delete the rule in the mail flow tab and the restriction will be lifted and set to default if admins want. You will need to both activate a new domain and go through a verification process to ensure the user you want to add is real. So blocking them is much more effective than completely removing them.

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In depth Step by step process – How to restrict users from sending emails Office 365?

Step by step breakdown:

Use your account details or if you have a current Skype account with the Office account in question, you can use this.

  • Use the application launcher to navigate towards “Admin”.

The launcher is illustrated by nine dots in the right corner, click on it and find “Admin” as shown above.

  • In the admin dashboard, under “admin center”, click on “Exchange”(you may need to click “Show all” to access).

In this example “Exchange” was pinned to the menu bar, however, in your dashboard you may need to click on “show all” which will bring you to the Exchange panel.

  • In the Exchange dashboard, click on “Mail flow”.

Mail Flow is a drop-down option so it will expand the options it holds, it will not open a new window to display all the options it has presented.

  • Then click on “rules”.

This is where you can create new rules relative to restricting users.

  • Now click on the “+” symbol to create a new rule.
  • Type out a name for the new rule this will be the rule handle.
  • From the “Apply this rule if” drop down, choose “The recipient is located.” Then select “inside your organization”.
  • From the “Do the following” dropdown click the “reject the message” option.
  • Click OK to apply your changes.

You may need to adjust the settings to include a more specific range of users however for the user you want to restrict will now no longer have the access to send emails.

That’s it for this Blog — thank you for taking time out to read our content. Please feel free to email our team about how it went if you followed the steps or if you need more help with the questions we answered in this Blog.

How to get alerts for mailbox permission changes: Office 365

Written by Saajid Gangat in Exchange,Exchange Guides,Microsoft,Microsoft 365,Microsoft 365 Guides Last Updated July 28, 2023

In Microsoft Office 365, users who have access to global or network administrator status give mailbox permissions to restrict or release certain tasks you can carry out in Office 365. Thankfully, the network user may build an alert in Microsoft 365 that sends an email notification to selected recipients upon changing permissions. If an administrator provides Full Access to any user’s mailbox, the receiver will receive an email notification of the permission grant. You must ensure auditing is turned on so that any permissions changes that are made are picked up by your account and are sent to you. This blog will explain how to set up an alert for a change in mailbox permissions in Exchange Online or Microsoft 365.

Step by step process – How to get alerts for mailbox permission changes: Office 365?

  • First, sign into your Office 365 account.
  • Use the app launcher and navigate to admin.
  • Click on “Show All” to reveal “Admin centers”.
  • Under “Admin centers” on the left, click on “Compliance”.
  • Click on “Policies” on the left hand menu.
  • Click on “Alert” followed by “Alert policies”.
  • Then click on “+ New alert policy”.
  • Name and describe your policy.(This can be anything resembling the permission change).
  • Set “Severity” to “Medium”.
  • Set “Category” to “Permissions”.
  • Click on “Next”
  • Now set “Activity is” to “Granted Mailbox Permission”.
  • Now click on “Next”.
  • Enter the mail recipient (This can be you or any delegate you trust).
  • Then click on “Next”.
  • Review your final alert policy and make changes if necessary.
  • Finally, click on “Finish” and your new alert policy has been created.

Now every time a user of admin status makes a change to the mailbox permissions, you will be sent an alert via email, confirming that changes to mailbox permissions have been made. Any other users that have been assigned to receive the notification will also be notified of permission changes to a mailbox.

What is an alert policy in Office 365?

You can establish alert policies and then examine the alerts that are produced when users do actions that fulfil the requirements of an alert policy using the Microsoft 365 compliance center’s alert policy and alert dashboard capabilities. Default alert settings let you keep track of things like assigning admin rights in Exchange Online, malware assaults, phishing campaigns, and unusually high volumes of file deletions and external sharing.

Alert policies allow you to classify the alerts that are generated by a policy, apply the policy to all users in your company, establish an alert threshold level, and choose whether or not to receive email notifications when alerts are triggered. The compliance center also has an Alerts tab where you can browse and filter alerts, create an alert status to assist you in managing warnings, and then dismiss alerts after the underlying issue has been addressed or resolved.

Using the Alert policies page in the compliance center, an admin in your business creates, configures, and activates an alert policy. You may also use the New-ProtectionAlert cmdlet in Security & Compliance Center PowerShell to set alert rules.

An alert policy is made up of a collection of rules and criteria that specify the user or admin action that triggers an alert, a list of users who trigger the alert if they do the activity, and a threshold that specifies the number of times the activity must occur before an alert is issued. You also set a severity level to the policy and classify it. Because you may filter on these parameters while managing policies and viewing alerts in the compliance center, these two options assist you in managing alert policies (and the alerts that are issued when the policy requirements are met). For example, you can see alerts that meet circumstances from the same category or alerts with the same severity level.

Why have a mailbox permission change policy?

While admin changes and restrictions on what they can do are unavoidable, you can still apply alert policies to record any changes they decide to make. This way, you have some form of the idea of why something appears to be different within your mailbox.

Admin mailbox permission changes may incur a loss of email-based content, which may cause issues for you either as a recipient of an email or as a sender of an email. Policies help you alert the administrative team that the changes they have made have consequential effects on either your productivity or you are losing content. You can also keep a record in case the administrative members of the network issue you the liability of any lost content.

In depth step by step process – How to get alerts for mailbox permission changes

Step by step breakdown:

  • First sign into your Office 365 account.

Use your account details, or if you have a current Skype account with the Office account in question, you can use this.

  • Use the application launcher to navigate towards “Admin”.

The launcher is illustrated by nine dots in the right corner, click on it and find “Admin”, as shown above.

  • Click on “Show All” to reveal “Admin centers”.

You may not need to click on “Show all” if, for instance, the admin center content that is required is pinned to the main menu. In this case, just follow the next step and remove the blocked user.

  • Under “Admin centers” on the left, click on “Compliance”.

Initially, both the “Security” and “compliance” tab were as one single software; however, in the latest few updates by Microsoft, both the security feature and the compliance feature have been separated. This improves functionality and refines what the user wants.

  • Click on “Policies” on the left hand menu.
  • Click on “Alert” followed by “Alert policies”.
  • Then click on “+ New alert policy”.
  • Name and describe your policy.(This can be anything resembling the permission change).
  • Set “Severity” to “Medium”.
  • Set “Category” to “Permissions”.
  • Click on “Next”.
  • Now set “Activity is” to “Granted Mailbox Permission”.
  • Now click on “Next”.
  • Enter the mail recipient (This can be you or any delegate you trust).
  • Then click on “Next”.
  • Review your final alert policy and make changes if necessary.
  • Finally, click on “Finish” and your new alert policy has been created.

That’s it for this Blog — thank you for taking time out to read our content. Please feel free to email our team about how it went if you followed the steps or if you need more help with the questions we answered in this Blog.

Does junk mail automatically get deleted: Outlook?

Written by Saajid Gangat in Microsoft,Outlook,Outlook Guides Last Updated July 25, 2023

If mail is automatically recognized as spam or is set as spam by the recipient, or set an email message as spam from your Microsoft Outlook account by accident, you can recover those lost items if it’s still in the “Deleted Items” or “Junk Email folder”, and in certain circumstances, even after the Deleted Items folder has been emptied using third party recoverable software. After 30 days, your email is automatically removed from your Deleted Items folder. For 30 days, items deleted from your Deleted Items folder can be recovered. According to Microsoft, after 10 days, emails are automatically removed from the Junk Email folder. Below is a step-by-step process on how to stop junk mail from automatically being deleted from the junk folder, or permanently delete it if it’s not necessary.

Step by step process – How to prevent junk mail auto deletion.

  • Sign into Outlook using your normal sign in details.
  • Select “Junk” in the top menu bar.
  • Then select “Junk E-mail options”
  • Make sure the“Permanently delete suspected junk e-mail instead of moving it to the Junk E-mail folder” is unchecked.
  • Click the “OK” button to save the change.

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  • To permanently delete, right click on the chosen email(s).
  • Select “Delete”.
  • Pop up warning will show and here click on “Permanently delete”.

Following the steps will help you to either avoid deletion of junk mail or permanently delete from the server if it’s not necessary and is taking up space on your account storage space. You may want to keep in mind that once items are deleted you will not be able to restore them. This is whether you do it manually or whether you have it automatically delete the mail after a given period. There is a setting that allows users to keep the email until the user decides to delete the email. Use this blog to help adjust Outlook settings to prevent the auto-deletion of junk/deleted mail.

The worst thing that may happen to a person is when they erase all of their critical emails forever and are unable to recover them. We frequently unintentionally clear our inbox of junk mail, deleting all vital messages. Is it possible to retrieve junk mail from Outlook?

Spam emails are stored in the Junk Email folder in Microsoft Outlook. It has a sophisticated function for removing junk email messages from the user’s inbox. You may mark email communications as spam based on a variety of factors, including a list of prohibited senders, a list of blocked top-level domains, and a list of blocked encodings.

Junk mail Filters –

Outlook allows you to monitor your junk mail-based content and prevent you from deleting important emails if they are in the junk folder. As mentioned before, without retention settings enabled, junk mail will be deleted in 30 days from the time you received the mail as a recipient.

Junk Email Filter Lists allow you to determine what is deemed spam, while the Junk Email Filter examines your incoming messages automatically. You may add people, email addresses, and domains to these lists so that the filter ignores communications from sources you know and trust, or filters messages from particular email addresses and websites you don’t know or trust.

The filters:

  • Blocked senders list.

By adding their email addresses or domain names to the Blocked Senders List, you may quickly block messages from certain senders. Any incoming message from that source is moved to the Junk Email folder when you add a name or email address to this list. Regardless of the content of the message, messages from persons or domain names on this list are always classed as trash.

  • Safe Senders list 

Regardless of the message’s content, email addresses and domain names on the Safe Senders List are never regarded as junk email. This is where you may add your contacts and other correspondents. Safe domains, on the other hand, are not recognized by default in Exchange Online or Exchange Online Protection by design. It only recognizes prohibited domains, blocked sender addresses, and safe sender addresses. All names and addresses in the global address list are automatically considered safe if you utilize a Microsoft Exchange Server account. According to Microsoft, the Safe Sender limit is 1024.

  • Safe Recipients list

You can add the sender of a mailing list or distribution list to the Safe Recipients List if you are a member of one. Regardless of the content of the message, messages sent to these email addresses or domain names are never considered as spam.

  • Blocked Top-Level Domains list   

You can add country/region codes to the Blocked Top-Level Domains List to prevent undesired email communications from other countries/regions. Checking the IN (India), US (United States), and BR (Brazil) boxes in the list, for example, prevents messages from being sent to addresses ending in.in,.us, and.br.

In depth step by step process – how to recover deleted mail from the deleted folder or permanently delete it?

Step by step Breakdown: – Restore junk / deleted mail

  • First, sign into Outlook.

You will need to sign in with the application version as this process will only work on the application version of Outlook.

  • Select “Junk” in the top menu bar.

Outlook sends messages it thinks is spam to the Junk Email folder. Outlook’s spam filter can be customized to restrict or whitelist senders or domains, or you can turn on automatic spam filtering and deletion.

  • Then select “Junk E-mail options”
  • Make sure the“Permanently delete suspected junk e-mail instead of moving it to the Junk E-mail folder” is unchecked.
  • Click the “OK” button to save the change.

Clicking the “OK” button on the dialogue box indicates that the user wants the system to take action. When a user clicks the “Cancel” button, it implies they wish to return to the previous screen. While the “Ok” button was formerly a typical operating system feature, today’s programs take a more user-friendly approach to dialogue boxes, which includes the function of the advanced choice.

Step by step Breakdown: – Permanently delete junk / deleted mail:

  • To permanently delete, right click on the chosen email(s).
  • Select “Delete”.
  • Pop up warning will show and here click on “Permanently delete”.

That’s it for this Blog thank you for taking time out to read our content, please feel free to email our team about how it went if you followed the steps or if you need more help with the questions we answered in this Blog.

How to turn off junk auto delete in Outlook

Written by Saajid Gangat in Microsoft,Outlook,Outlook Guides Last Updated July 28, 2023

While regular important emails from verified senders will travel to the recipient inbox without much issue, there are emails from certain important users in the Junk Items folder that are cleared automatically after 10 days since arrival in the folder. While it may be useful in helping to clear unnecessary content quickly it may currently hold emails of importance, in this blog, we will be addressing this situation and introducing a few solutions to stop Outlook from auto-deleting items in the junk items folder in Outlook. The junk or trash folder in mailboxes holds email that has been flagged as spam or junk by the junk mail filtering system. To prevent your mailbox from consuming excessive amounts of data, mail that has been in the Junk folder for more than 30 days will be automatically deleted. This is done to keep your folders organized and save disc space in your account. This approach will show you how to prevent Outlook from removing things from the Junk Items folder when you close it. Follow the instructions below.

Step by step process – How to turn off junk auto delete in Outlook?:

  • Sign into Outlook using your normal sign in details.
  • Select “Junk” in the top menu bar.
  • Then select “Junk E-mail options”
  • Make sure the“Permanently delete suspected junk e-mail instead of moving it to the Junk E-mail folder” is unchecked.
  • Click the “OK” button to save the change.

Following the steps above will ensure the junk or spam-based emails that are automatic will not permanently get deleted as they will stay in the spam folder or deleted folder until you decide to delete them. This will prevent important deleted, or spam filed content from getting permanently erased from the Outlook account. Ensure you regularly check your deleted and spam folder because while the mailbox content won’t get deleted instantly, it will still be deleted after 10 days if it isn’t unchecked as spam/junk. Unfortunately, there isn’t an option to keep the junk-based mail for longer as it may take up unnecessary storage and cause issues in data management for Microsoft.

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Prevent Outlook from deleting mail based content after 30 days.

Deleted mail is another category similar to junk mail which like normal junk mail, has a set time where the mail is deleted. However, the time limit is up to 30 days after the file is sent to the deleted file. However, unlike the junk folder, the content here can be stored for as long as necessary. This is achievable for Microsoft as content in the deleted folder is added manually instead of automatically. It may be worthwhile to move the important junk mail content from the junk folder to the deleted folder instead if you think it’s of importance but not important enough to be held in the main or primary inbox.

Outlook emails will not be destroyed after 30 days if the AutoArchive feature is off or the AutoArchive interval is changed. Carry out the following:

  • From the context menu, right-click the chosen mail folder where emails are automatically erased, and choose Properties.
  • To disable AutoArchive, click the Do not archive items in this folder option in the Properties dialog’s AutoArchive tab.
  • To save the settings, click the OK button.

If you disable the AutoArchive, all email-based material will no longer be automatically erased, and if you modify the AutoArchive interval, all email-based information will be deleted in a longer interval.

Outlook sends messages it thinks is spam to the Junk Email folder. Outlook’s spam filter may be customized to ban or whitelist senders or domains, or you can turn on automated spam filtering and deletion.

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Option Tab Settings.

You may set Outlook’s junk email choices for each message that appears on the Options tab of the Junk Email window. You may select how aggressively Outlook labels emails as trash, and it will go straight to the Junk Email folder. Only emails from senders you’ve added to your Blocked Senders list will wind up in the Junk Email folder if the junk email filter is set to “No Automatic Filtering.”

You may change the setting to “Low” to capture more evident spam emails, which should be sufficient for most individuals. You may use the “High” level if you want Outlook to be more aggressive, but this will most likely send some valid messages to the Junk Email folder, which you’ll need to check on a regular basis. If a valid email is accidentally put to the Junk Email folder, you may teach the filter to ignore emails from that sender by selecting the message and selecting Home > Junk > Not Junk.

Returning to your Junk Email Options, the last option is to choose “Safe Lists Only.” Any communication from a sender or domain that isn’t on your Safe Senders list will be marked as trash. This is a pretty tight set, and you’ll need to keep an eye on your Junk Email folder on a frequent basis. However, if you train the trash filter over a long enough length of time, it’s feasible to train it very effectively, especially if you get a small volume of emails from unknown senders.

In depth Step by step process – How to turn off junk auto delete in Outlook?

Step by step Breakdown:

  • First, sign into Outlook.

You will need to sign in with the application version as this process will only work on the application version of Outlook.

  • Select “Junk” in the top menu bar.

Outlook sends messages it thinks are spam to the Junk Email folder. Outlook’s spam filter can be customized to restrict or whitelist senders or domains, or you can turn on automatic spam filtering and deletion.

  • Then select “Junk E-mail options”
  • Make sure the“Permanently delete suspected junk e-mail instead of moving it to the Junk E-mail folder” is unchecked.
  • Click the “OK” button to save the change.

Clicking the “OK” button on the dialogue box indicates that the user wants the system to take action. When a user clicks the “Cancel” button, it implies they wish to return to the previous screen. While the “Ok” button was formerly a typical operating system feature, today’s programs take a more user-friendly approach to dialogue boxes, which includes the function of the advanced choice.

That’s it for this Blog thank you for taking time out to read our content, please feel free to email our team about how it went if you followed the steps or if you need more help with the questions we answered in this Blog.

How to stop a delegate from receiving meeting invitations: Outlook 365

Written by Saajid Gangat in Microsoft,Outlook,Outlook Guides Last Updated July 28, 2023

You may use Microsoft Outlook to allow another person, known as a delegate, to accept and react to meeting requests or responses, as well as send e-mail messages on your behalf. It’s similar to having an assistant help you manage your incoming paper mail. You may also give your delegate extra capabilities, such as the ability to read, create, or fully manage things in your Exchange mailbox. The most frequent application of Delegate Access is between a manager and his or her assistant, with the assistant delegate being in charge of processing the manager’s incoming meeting requests or e-mail messages, as well as arranging the manager’s calendar. Although this article assumes this situation, Delegate Access can also be utilized between peers.

How to stop a delegate receiving meeting invitations in Outlook 365:

  • First, sign into Outlook 365 using your details.
  • Once you have signed into Outlook go to “file”
  • Click “Account Settings”, and then click “Delegate Access”.
  • Click on “Access”, then click the name of the delegate for whom you wish to alter permissions.
  • Change the permissions for any Outlook folder that the delegate has access to.
  • Select the Automatically send a message to delegate summarising these permissions check box to send a message to alert the delegate of the updated permissions.

We’ve also created a video to help guide you through the process:

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If a delegate just needs access to meeting requests and answers, the default permission settings, which include Delegate does not get copies of meeting-related communications delivered to me, are adequate. The Inbox permission setting can be left at None. The delegate’s Inbox will not receive meeting requests or answers.

Because the delegate answers to the meeting on your behalf, the meeting is automatically placed in your Calendar folder, the delegate is granted Editor privilege (can read, create, and change items) by default.

You should not rely on the Private function to keep the specifics of your appointments, contacts, or tasks hidden from others. Don’t give anyone Reviewer (can read things) permission to your Calendar, Contacts, or Tasks folders to ensure that others can’t see the items you’ve set as private. A user with Reviewer (read items) authority to your folders might examine the information of a private item using programmatic techniques or other email tools. Only use the Private option when sharing folders with individuals you know and trust.

More information on using the EAC PowerShell to stop delegates receiving meeting invitations in Outlook

The Exchange Admin Center (EAC) PowerShell has far more powerful functionality that allows one or more individuals to stop delegates from receiving mail invites for another Exchange mailbox. Send As allows a user to send a message as if they are the mailbox owner. With or without Delegate Access, Send As permissions can be utilized. The receiver will only see the manager’s name next to From if Send As permissions are allowed.

This feature must be configured by an Exchange or Microsoft Windows administrator. When there is a shared Exchange mailbox, such as when a staff person sends e-mail messages to clients from a shared Exchange mailbox rather than from his or her own Exchange account, this scenario is more prevalent.

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How to stop a delegate receiving meeting invitations in Outlook 365

Step by step breakdown of process:

  • Sign into Outlook using your details and navigate to “File” on the top menu.

This feature is only available if you use the application version. It will not be present on the website or the Office 365 version where content related to the Outlook platform is stored and managed in Exchange.

  • Click “Account Settings”, and then click “Delegate Access”.

The delegate feature is located in a convenient post within the Outlook file and share server so it’s easy to access and manage. Unlike the web version where you would need the assistance of more than one software to access the required features to stop the delegates from receiving invites.

  • Click the “Add” button when the Delegates box opens.
  • Next, click on the names of the people you want as delegates.
  • Click the “Add” button and click “OK” when you’re done.
  • Set your delegate’s permissions, then click the “OK” button, and “OK” again in the Delegates box.

Assign the required permissions on the following screen. Delegates have modified privileges to your Calendar and Tasks by default. Because the two repositories are connected for some purposes, it is recommended that you allow access to tasks if you plan to grant access to the Calendar. Not to mention that delegates are automatically configured to receive copies of meetings that are provided to you. By unchecking the relevant checkbox, you may turn off this function. As we need these permissions promptly turned off to answer the blog they will be unchecked.

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That’s it for this Blog — thank you for taking time out to read our content. Please feel free to email our team about how it went if you followed the steps or if you need more help with the questions we answered in this Blog.

How to fix “Sorry, you need to sign out of Teams and sign in again” error

Written by Saajid Gangat in Microsoft,Microsoft Teams,Teams Guides Last Updated July 27, 2023

Microsoft Outlook offers a feature called add-ins for Outlook.com which are programs or utilities that help users like yourself automate tasks when you view or create messages. Microsoft has partnered with leading companies to build add-ins that help you get things done right from your inbox. One of those is Microsoft Teams which is also an additional add-in on Microsoft Outlook. If you have Microsoft Teams and Office 2010, Office 2013, or Office 2016 installed on your Windows 10 PC, the Teams meeting add-in will be installed immediately. If you’re having trouble scheduling Teams Meetings in Outlook and getting an error message, Sorry, you’ll need to sign out of Teams and back in again follow the steps below.

Step by step process: How to fix “Sorry, you need to sign out of Teams and sign in again” error

  • First sign into Outlook using your credentials.
  • Go to “file” in the toolbar at the top.
  • From there visit “options”.
  • Here click on “Add ins”.
  • Next to “manage” there will be a dropdown box, here select “Manage COM Add-ins”.
  • Click on “Go”.
  • Uncheck the function that says “Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-In for Microsoft Office”.
  • Finally, click on “OK” to save the presets.

If your business requires it, you must first sign into Microsoft Teams using Multi-Factor Authentication. After you’ve successfully signed in to Teams, the Outlook Add-In should function. If it doesn’t work, consider deleting the cache data, which may contain a faulty piece that prevents Teams from functioning normally.

In a single day, your Windows operating system and numerous third-party apps generate hundreds of Temporary files on your computer. Normally, these files aren’t a problem, but as their number grows rapidly, they clog up valuable hard disc space and slow down your system’s overall performance.

You may save up a lot of disc space and keep your system working at optimal performance by removing all such Cache files. On Windows 10, there are several options for deleting Temporary files. Continue reading to learn more about them.

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Other methods to help fix “Sorry, you need to sign out of Teams and sign in again” error

As mentioned above you may continue to still receive the errors despite temporarily removing the add-in from your server. This may lead to the results of a corrupted file of software and a security issue persistently preventing you from accessing Microsoft Teams without the error. Another method you can try is removing the temporary files in Microsoft. This will normally help to clear the errors present within Microsoft Teams.

Temporary files are used by Windows 10 to assist the operating system is doing its tasks and to speed up the system. These cache files might become damaged, causing performance issues in some applications. The first thing you should do if you’re running out of storage space or observe any strange behavior from an application is to remove the system temp files.

Windows Temporary files are produced by the operating system during regular operation when there is insufficient memory available to the job.

Temporary files are created by software that works with huge volumes of data, such as graphics, video, or media editing applications. These generated temporary files are frequently left behind even after the job is completed, resulting in wasted disc space.

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Step by step process:

  • First to file explorer.
  • Follow these steps to access “Temp” (This PC > Local Disk > Windows >Temp).
  • Click on the folder and delete all the “Temp” content.

Following the steps above will remove the temporary sign in the patch which may prompt the eros persistently. Having it removed should allow you to sign into Teams without any more error messages inhibiting your functionality.

Programs also generate temporary files for backup reasons. Every few minutes, Microsoft Office, for example, stores a Temporary File of the current document. The Temporary File is erased after you save the document and quit. The Temporary File is not erased if the application crashes abruptly. As a result, they can be helpful in recovering lost data if the software or system fails.

That’s all there is to know about removing temporary files. We hope that this tutorial assisted you in removing temporary files on Windows 10 and that you were able to free up some space for new files while also resolving the “Sorry, you must sign out of Teams and sign in again” difficulty. If you know of any other methods for doing this procedure, please share them with us in the comments area below.

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In depth step by step: How to fix “Sorry, you need to sign out of Teams and sign in again” error

Step by step breakdown:

  • First, sign into Outlook.

You will need to sign in with the application version as this process will only work on the application version of Outlook.

  • Go to “file” in the toolbar at the top.

As mentioned above the file option and the application version are the only ways to edit the add-ins as the web version does not directly sync add-in data with your desktop as there is no connected output, unlike the application version.

  • From there visit “options”.

Options are located at the bottom of the menu bar on the left side.

  • Here click on “Add ins”.

Add-ins, like the “Option” feature, are again located at the bottom of the menu on the left side of the display popup.

  • Next to “manage” there will be a dropdown box, here select “Manage COM Add-ins”.
  • Then click “Go…”.
  • Uncheck the box next to “Microsoft Teams Meeting Add-In for Microsoft Office”.
  • Finally, click “OK”.

That’s it for this Blog — thank you for taking time out to read our content. Please feel free to email our team about how it went if you followed the steps or if you need more help with the questions we answered in this Blog.