
<p>Microsoft announced improvements to its Exchange Online Protection service this week.</p><p>The improvements appear to have been added sometime over the last year, but the Exchange team only now seems to be talking about them. The following Exchange Online Protection improvements were described in Microsoft's announcement on Thursday, although some may still be at the rollout phase:Directory-based edge blocking Increased Office 365 domain limit Message Trace extended for 90 days Enhanced mail protection reporting Remote PowerShell Junk mail reporting for OWA</p><p>Directory-based edge blocking allows IT pros to block e-mail coming from addresses not listed in Windows Azure Active Directory.</p><p>The increased domain limit for Office 365 bumps up the number of domains per Office 365 tenant to 900 domains. It's a 50 percent increase from the previous 600-domains limit. This improvement takes effect automatically and doesn't require any action by IT pros.</p><p><a href="http://redmondmag.com/articles/2014/02/13/exchange-online-protection.aspx">Keep reading...</a></p>