Securing M365 mail routing : SCENARIO 3

When an organisation has completely transitioned and migrated to Exchange Online and directed their MX record to contoso-com.mail.protection.outlook.com. The organisation should in line with best practices, have Microsoft Defender for Office365 Plan 2 securely configured.

Scenario 3, this my proffered choice. All Contoso *.onmicrosoft.com aliases can be blocked as they are no longer required. When Contoso’s mx record has been directed at Exchange Online protection. Exchange Online Protection & Microsoft Defender for 365 will protect all aliases. It may not even be necessary to block all Contoso *.onmicrosoft.com aliases.

It is possible to create an email address policy for Office365 groups that only use’s @contoso.com primary email addresses, which can still allow mail flow to Team’s channels. Then the usual protection of contoso.com comes into play, SPF, DKIM and finally DMARC.

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