Microsoft Teams : Major Update – Restricted access to Microsoft Teams data via Exchange Web Services – Action required by Jan 31, 2023

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Greetings for the day!!!

Today new update related to Microsoft Teams and Exchange Web Services. Microsoft is retiring Exchange Web Services to access Microsoft Teams data.

Details

  • Starting with Jan 31, 2023 – Microsoft will restrict access to Exchange Web Services to access Microsoft Teams message data.
  • Hence access to Teams message data is available through the Microsoft Graph Teams Export API
  • Teams Export API allows us to access
    • group chat
    • meeting chats
    • and channel messages from Microsoft Teams  

Action need to be taken

  • If any application implemented to get Teams message using Exchange Web Services (EWS) those will be need to updated, we need to use Microsoft Graph Teams Export API
  • These applications need to be updated by Jan 31, 2023

What are Exchange Web Services

  • Exchange Web Services (EWS) are the legacy APIs used to create clients and services that connect to Exchange to get access to mailbox information
  • Accessing Teams message data through EWS is unsupported by Microsoft

References

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