Microsoft Exchange Online: New Message Trace will be generally available; legacy Message Trace will retire. Action required by 31 Aug 2025

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Today sharing new feature related to Microsoft Exchange Online

New Feature: Microsoft Exchange Online: New Message Trace will be generally available; legacy Message Trace will retire

Details

• The new Message Trace in Microsoft Exchange Online will be generally available from mid-June to late July 2025
• Legacy Message Trace retiring on September 1, 2025
• This new experience offers improved performance, modern design, and enhanced feature parity
• New PowerShell cmdlets (Get-MessageTraceV2, Get-MessageTraceDetailV2) will be available
• The legacy Message Trace experience and cmdlets (Get-MessageTrace, Get-MessageTraceDetail) will remain available in parallel for several months to support the transition
• Admins can access it via Exchange admin center > Mail flow > Message Trace

OR

We can directly access through URL – https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/messagetrace

Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID – 495489 – Exchange: New Message Trace in Exchange Online

• Retirement of legacy Message Trace begins September 1, 2025
• Starting September 1, 2025, the below features will start deprecating:
  • Legacy Message Trace UI in EAC.
  • Legacy cmdlets (Get-MessageTrace, Get-MessageTraceDetail).
  • Reporting Web Service support for Message Trace data

Action needs to be taken

• We want to notify our admins and/or users about this change
• We need to update internal documentation
• We need to update any automation or scripts using legacy cmdlets to use the new versions by August 31, 2025

REFERENCES

• Microsoft Exchange Online admin center – https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/homepage
• Message trace in Exchange admin center – https://admin.exchange.microsoft.com/#/messagetrace

Thanks for reading!!!

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