What's new

This section contains information about the new features and improvements in each update of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365.

Update 15.01.2024

The following changes have been introduced:

• You can now trace Chilean personally identifiable information stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization by means of the Data Discovery module.

Update 10.10.2023

The following changes have been introduced:

• You can now trace Colombian and Mexican personally identifiable information stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization by means of the Data Discovery module.

Update 29.06.2023

The following changes have been introduced:

• You can now trace Brazilian and Portuguese personally identifiable information stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization by means of the Data Discovery module.
• You can now leave feedback on Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 operation on any page of Management Console.

Update 20.02.2023

The following changes have been introduced:

• You can prevent receiving password-protected files attached to email messages by configuring the application to delete such messages and files. This option is now available within the Attachment filtering module in the Exchange Online security policy.
• We significantly improved detection of spoofing, conversation hijacking and BEC attacks within the Anti-Phishing module. Such attacks are now prevented in both recommended and enhanced anti-phishing modes.

Update 07.10.2022

The following changes have been introduced:

• If you consider messages containing business offers unwanted, you can now treat them as mass mail and configure the application to automatically move such messages to Junk Email folder. This option is available within the Mass Mail Prevention module.
• With the new Spanish PII category of the Data Discovery module, you can trace Spanish personally identifiable information (e.g. identity card, passport, etc.) stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization.

Update 24.08.2022

In the new version, access to Exchange Online Quarantine is carried out by granting Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 a general consent to access all your Office 365 services. If you have already granted Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 a general consent to access your Office 365 services before, access to Exchange Online Quarantine will be granted automatically. If you granted only separate consents to access your Office 365 services, these services remain protected, but Exchange Online Quarantine items are not displayed in your Office 365 Quarantine, while they are available in the Exchange Online web console. When you grant Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 a general consent to access all your Office 365 services and Exchange Online Quarantine, it will operate on a full scale.

Update 14.07.2022

The following changes have been introduced:

• A new role of the application administrator with limited rights is available. You can assign a Quarantine administrator role to a user that will be able to manage Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Quarantine and reports activities only.
• With the new UK PII category of the Data Discovery module, you can trace UK personally identifiable information (e.g. driving license, passport, etc.) stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization.
• Within the Mass Mail Prevention module, a specialized option aimed to block list linking attacks is available. This type of attacks is recognized by large number of unwanted registration confirmation messages.

Update 06.06.2022

In the new version, you can trace French personally identifiable information stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization by means of the Data Discovery module.

Update 10.02.2022

The following changes have been introduced:

• The Data Discovery module can now trace Italian and USA personally identifiable information stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization. We also extended the drill-down of Data Discovery detections list: now you can check on the exact types of the detected personally identifiable information.
• The Quarantine items viewing is improved: we added indication for released items and implemented previewing of quarantined messages.

Update 18.11.2021

The following changes have been introduced:

• The Data Discovery module can now detect confidential data in images stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization.
• We elaborated the information panel contents for more convenience.

Update 30.06.2021

We implemented a possibility of automatic notification delivery when the Data Discovery module detects a potential data breach.

Update 24.05.2021

The following changes have been introduced:

• We implemented the Data Discovery module, which detects any confidential data (credit cards and German personally identifiable information: identity cards, driver licenses, passports, residence permits, social security and taxpayer info) stored and transmitted within and beyond your organization. Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 will scan your Exchange Online mailboxes, OneDrive files, and SharePoint Online sites in order to detect any potential data breaches and prevent them.
• You can now grant Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 a limited access to all your Office 365 services at once and in one place.

Update 03.03.2021

The following changes have been introduced:

• The application interface was redesigned for faster display of long lists.
• We significantly reworked the application infrastructure to support large Office 365 organizations.

Update 14.01.2021

The following changes have been introduced:

• We elaborated the application interface so you can fill the allowlist and the denylist using previously formed lists of email addresses and masks.
• The free trial term of the application is reduced back to thirty days. This update will affect new users only.

Update 25.12.2020

Implemented the Denylist module that allows blocking of incoming email messages from known unwanted senders.

Update 10.12.2020

The following changes have been introduced:

• Implemented a feature that allows permanent deletion of the email messages with detected malware, spam and phishing: deleted messages cannot be recovered.
• Implemented an enforced anti-phishing mode that provides supplementary detection of unclear content similar to phishing.

Update 25.11.2020

The following changes have been introduced:

• Implemented a feature that allows scanning of incoming and outgoing messages from internal addresses for spam.
• You can now export the list of all quarantined items to a comma-separated values (CSV) file for further analysis.

Update 24.11.2020

You can now view the current Microsoft Teams protection status on the information panel.

Update 22.05.2020

If your users still receive spam and phishing email messages, you can help us detect those better. We added a special technology, which would pick samples of messages from the Junk Email folder and send them to us for analysis. If you want to improve your protection from spam and phishing, please contact Technical Support and ask to enable this feature for you.
Please don't forget to inform your users to move probable spam and phishing messages to the Junk Email folder.

Update 30.04.2020

Implemented a feature that makes possible to allow emails regardless of Sender Policy Framework (SPF) check results.

Update 24.03.2020

The following changes have been introduced:

• To help companies ensure the security of remote working and collaboration, Kaspersky has extended the product's free trial version to six months.
• The Backup section of the Management Console has been renamed to Quarantine to avoid misinterpretation of the functionality.

Update 21.02.2020

Some email messages require additional checks for spam, phishing, and spoofing. Such messages are now temporarily moved to the Quarantine storage until the checks are over. If the messages are considered as clean, they are automatically released to their original folders.

Update 15.01.2020

The following functionalities and improvements have been implemented:

• The information panel has been redesigned: you can now view the license status and operational details for your services on separate tiles.
• You can also view SharePoint Online (Sneak-peek) detection statistics on the information panel.
• Additionally, you can generate reports to view detailed SharePoint Online (Sneak-peek) detection statistics.

Update 18.12.2019

SharePoint Online support (Sneak-peek) is added:

• You can connect to your SharePoint Online by granting an access delegation consent for Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 application.
• You can select specific SharePoint Online sites for protection or protect all your sites.
• Files uploaded to the protected SharePoint Online sites are scanned by multilayered threat detection engine.
• Infected files deleted during the scan are moved to the Quarantine storage.

Update 22.09.2019

You can now view the current license information for protected OneDrive users in the License section of the Management Console interface.

Update 01.08.2019

The following functionalities have been implemented for OneDrive support (Sneak-peek):

• Detection statistics display on the information panel.
• Reports generation.

Update 07.04.2019

OneDrive support (Sneak-peek) is added:

• Multilayered threat detection on file uploads in OneDrive.
• Selection of OneDrive users for protection.
• Deleted files are stored in Quarantine.
• Consent for OneDrive is separate from Exchange Online and is implemented via OAuth 2.0.

Update 04.04.2019

The Protection section has been redesigned.

Update 21.03.2019

You can now connect Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 to your Exchange Online by using the OAuth 2.0 authentication method. The legacy (basic) authentication is no longer required.

You can now separately configure a connection to your Exchange Online and a Service Account that is required for accessing messages from Exchange Online Quarantine. This helps minimize the set of privileges granted to Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 in accordance with your needs.

Update 29.01.2019

The Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Management Console user interface has been redesigned. The new design is consistent with the user interface of Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud and Kaspersky Business Hub.

Notifications that are sent to Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 administrators as a result of an Anti-Malware scan or Attachment Filtering can now include the list of detected files. Default notifications include the %DETECTED_FILES% variable. You can also use this variable when configuring custom notifications.

Update 21.01.2019

Anti-Spoofing functionality (protection against attacks that use false source IP addresses) has been improved.

Update 10.01.2019

Anti-Spam functionality has been improved.

Update 05.12.2018

You can now configure message sender exclusions from anti-phishing checks.

Update 15.11.2018

You can now manage Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 administrators (grant and revoke administrator rights) through the Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Management Console.

The exact time of license expiration has been added.

Update 31.10.2018

Security policies have been added to provide flexible protection against malware and phishing and to filter spam, mass mail, and attachments from mailboxes.

The security policies inspect messages in mailboxes to detect violations. Security policies are applied to selected users or user groups. Depending on the conditions that are specified for each policy violation, Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 will take a certain action or send a notification.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 has the default security policy for company-wide mailbox protection. You can also configure custom security policies for specific users and groups.

Update 18.10.2018

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 now supports integration with solutions for managed service providers, also known as MSPs. The integration allows service providers to perform the monitoring and billing of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 in the same MSP solution that is used for other services.

Update 06.09.2018

The performance of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 has been improved.

Update 23.08.2018

You can now include not only selected mailboxes but also entire user groups in the protection scope. Mailboxes and user groups that do not need to be scanned can now be excluded from the protection scope.

Update 30.07.2018

The usage scenario for the trial version has been improved. You can now try out the application features with an increased number of mailboxes included in the protection scope. In trial mode, it is recommended to protect no more than 1000 mailboxes at the same time. Kaspersky reserves the right to change the trial license restrictions without notice.

Update 17.07.2018

Customized notifications informing mailbox owners of deleted messages have been added. If a message is deleted from a mailbox as a result of Anti-Malware scan, Anti-Phishing scan, or Attachment Filtering, the application can inform the user owning this mailbox. You can use the default notification template that includes detailed information about the deleted message or configure your own notification template.

Customized file replacement templates have been added. If an attached file is removed from a message as a result of Anti-Malware scan or Attachment Filtering, it is replaced with a text file containing the corresponding information message. You can now edit the text of this message and adapt it to comply with the requirements of your corporate security policy. In your custom template, you can keep using the variables included in the default template to provide the user with detailed information about the deleted attachments.

Update 28.06.2018

You can now initiate an on-demand malware scan of email messages and other email objects that have been registered in specific mailboxes within a specific period of time. This feature can be used to double-check that the mailboxes contain no viruses or other malicious objects, or to scan mailboxes that were previously not protected by Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365.

Update 25.05.2018

You can now choose to delete infected attachments or attachments matching the filtering criteria instead of deleting the entire message. In this case, the removed attachment is replaced with a text file that informs the user about the action taken by the application.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 is now compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable European Union laws on confidential information, personal data, and data protection.

Update 29.03.2018

You can now do the following:

• Use Kaspersky Business Hub to purchase licenses for Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365.
• Use Kaspersky Business Hub to delete a workspace.
• Configure exclusions from Anti-Spam scan.
• Specify the email addresses of concerned users to be notified about detected threats, phishing or malicious links, and/or filtered attachments.

As compared to the previous update, the application is also available in the Spanish and Portuguese languages.

Update 01.02.2018

The first version of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 has been released.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 is a software solution designed for the protection of mailboxes managed through Microsoft Office 365. Email messages are scanned for viruses, Trojans, and other types of malware that can be transmitted by email, as well as for spam and phishing.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 provides Anti-Virus functionality, Anti-Phishing functionality, Anti-Spam functionality, and Attachment filtering.

Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 can perform the following operations:

• Scan incoming and outgoing mail for malware.
• Filter unsolicited mail (spam) from user mailboxes.
• Scan email messages for phishing and malicious links.
• Filter attachments in email messages.
• Move messages to Quarantine to prevent the risk of data loss.
• Notify the system administrator about messages that contain malicious objects and/or filtered attachments.
• Display statistics on application activity.

As compared to the previous version, the application is also available in the German and French languages.

Beta version 02.10.2017

The application is available for a limited number of users and in the English language only.