{"id":8419,"date":"2026-01-17T15:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:34:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-01-19T08:49:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T08:49:56","slug":"exchange-web-services","status":"publish","type":"lessons","link":"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licenseverse\/office-365-plans\/exchange-online\/exchange-web-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Exchange Web Services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Exchange Web Services (EWS) is a legacy Microsoft API that allows software applications to access and interact with Exchange mailboxes\u2014things like email, calendar, contacts, and folder data. In <strong>September 2023<\/strong> Microsoft <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/exchange\/retirement-of-exchange-web-services-in-exchange-online\/3924440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> that EWS would be disabled in Exchange Online in <strong>October 2026<\/strong>, advising developers to move to Microsoft Graph. EWS continues to be <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/exchange\/retirement-of-exchange-web-services-in-exchange-online\/3924440#:~:text=EWS%20will%20continue%20to%20be%20fully%20supported%20for%20Exchange%20on%2Dpremise%20mailboxes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fully supported<\/a> for Exchange on-premises mailboxes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the retirement journey EWS access will be <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/exchange\/update-to-ews-access-for-kiosk--frontline-worker-licensed-users\/4474299\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blocked<\/a> for all mailboxes without rights to EWS from <strong>1 July, 2026<\/strong>. This sounds a bit bizarre, but although Exchange Online Kiosk, Microsoft 365 F3, and Office 365 F3 licenses don\u2019t include <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/office365\/servicedescriptions\/exchange-online-service-description\/exchange-online-service-description#features-available-to-some-plans:~:text=EWS%20application%20support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">EWS rights<\/a>, restrictions have never been enforced. Note that this date was <a href=\"https:\/\/techcommunity.microsoft.com\/blog\/exchange\/update-to-ews-access-for-kiosk--frontline-worker-licensed-users\/4474299#:~:text=Dec%2002%2C%202025-,Update%2012\/15\/2025%3A,-We%20modified%20the\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moved<\/a> from <strong>1 March, 2026<\/strong> in <strong>December 2025<\/strong> to give customers extra time to remove their dependencies on EWS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":3760,"menu_order":3,"template":"custom-single.php","lesson_category":[56],"class_list":["post-8419","lessons","type-lessons","status-publish","hentry","lesson_category-online-services","entry","no-media"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exchange Web Services - LicenseVerse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.licensingschool.co.uk\/licenseverse\/office-365-plans\/exchange-online\/exchange-web-services\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Exchange Web Services - 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