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Configure Netwrix Auditor to Use Microsoft 365 for Email Notifications

Question​

How to configure Netwrix Auditor to use Microsoft 365 for email notifications?

Answer​

Refer to the following steps to configure Netwrix products to use Microsoft 365 for email notifications:

  1. Open the main Microsoft 365 page — Microsoft 365 ⸱ Microsoft.
  2. In the left pane, click the Outlook logo to proceed to the main Outlook page.
  3. Once the main Outlook page opens, click the Settings icon in the top right corner.
  4. In the left pane, select Mail > Sync email.
  5. Copy the SMTP settings (for example, server name: outlook.office365.com, port: 587).
  6. Open Netwrix Auditor. Click Settings in the top right corner, select Notifications in the left pane, then click Modify under Default SMTP Settings.
  7. Specify the SMTP settings you copied from the Microsoft 365 Outlook page.
  8. Specify your Microsoft 365 email address as the Sender address.
  9. Check the SMTP authentication checkbox, and specify your Microsoft 365 account credentials.

NOTE: The email address specified in the User name field must match the email address specified in the Sender address field.

  1. Check the Use Secure Sockets Layer encrypted connection (SSL/TLS) checkbox.
    • Uncheck the Use implicit SSL authentication checkbox.

IMPORTANT: Multi-Factor Authorization is incompatible with this functionality. Learn more in Fix Issues when Sending Email Using Microsoft 365 ⸱ Microsoft.