Email Connector Modification

This guide will provide background information on modifying an existing email connector.

Connectors

Connectors are a collection of instructions that customize the way your email flows to and from your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization.

Connectors are used in the following scenarios:

• Apply security restrictions or controls to email that's sent between your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization and a business partner or service provider.
• Relay mail from devices, applications, or other non-mailbox entities in your on-premises environment through Microsoft 365 or Office 365.
• Avoid gray listing that would otherwise occur due to the large volume of mail that's regularly sent between your Microsoft 365 or Office 365 organization and your on-premises environment or partners.

Role Requirements

Procedure Scope: Administrators

Required Group Membership: Admin.EmailDelivery

Handbook Reference

Package: TBD

Domain: TBD

Modifies: TBD

Modifying an Email Connector

1. Navigate to the Connectors – Exchange Admin Center portal, locate and select the connector you wish to alter.
   
2. Upon opening the policy, all the information of the policy will be displayed. 3 points of interest will be available to Edit. You can modify the sections as needed.
   1. Name or Status: Adjusts the non-functional aspects of the connector, such as the Name or Description. Additionally, you will be able to turn the connector On or Off from this prompt.
   2. How to identity your partner organization: Specifies which sender domains or sending server IPs will be referenced for connector enforcement.
   3. Security restrictions: Specifies how messages will be handled if they do not fall within connector security compliance parameters.
   
3. Regardless of which section is selected to be Edited, the same redirect to the Edit Policy popup will be displayed. The popup will display the selected sections current configuration and will allow you to make the necessary adjustments (additions, removals, editing, etc.) Once the necessary adjustments have been configured for the selected section select Save to finalize the modification process.
   
4. Upon successful modification you will receive a notification Connector updated successfully, select the back arrow or X to finalize the connector modification process.
   

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