Microsoft 365 Archives

08 Jul 2026

Outlook’s Upgraded Mail Merge Feature Raises Questions for Email Marketers on Compliance

Microsoft has added Advanced Mail Merge to the Microsoft 365 roadmap for Outlook on the web and new Outlook for Windows, targeting a June 2026 preview and rollout. The upgrade delivers true per-recipient addressing and richer personalization, making it a better fit for individualized business communications like donor letters or client updates. However, email marketers should understand that Outlook mail merge lacks the compliance infrastructure—unsubscribe...

08 Jun 2026

Email Senders Face Microsoft SNDS Migration Deadline with Authentication and API Changes

by Dave Murphy

in Compliance, Featured Posts

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Microsoft is retiring the original Smart Network Data Services (SNDS) portal on June 8, 2026, with significant changes affecting authentication workflows, automated complaint feeds, and report parsing for email senders to Outlook.com addresses. The migration involves moving reports to a REST API, implementing 30-day link expiry, changing JMRP complaint formats to header-only ARF, and requiring 10-month network access renewal cycles....