topic Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth in Qlik NPrinting

Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

Suhr — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 09:03:17 GMT

Hello,

We have a growing number of customers who rely on Qlik NPrinting for their email reporting distribution via Office 365 (Exchange Online).

As many of you know, Microsoft has been proactively disabling Basic Authentication for SMTP AUTH, with a final deadline for full retirement currently set for April 2026.
Exchange Online to retire Basic auth for Client Submission (SMTP AUTH) | Microsoft Community Hub

Since NPrinting currently only supports Basic Authentication for its built-in SMTP connection, this presents a significant problem for many organizations.

The Problem

NPrinting currently does not support OAuth 2.0 (Modern Authentication) for connecting to smtp.office365.com.
As Microsoft retires Basic Auth, our current reporting setup for many customers will break entirely.

My Questions for the Community & Qlik

Is there any official roadmap information regarding the implementation of OAuth 2.0 / Modern Authentication for NPrinting's SMTP configuration?
What is the long-term, supported strategy for Qlik NPrinting to connect to Microsoft 365 mailboxes for report distribution?

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

Lech_Miszkiewicz — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:59:41 GMT

That is a very good question for Qlik guys: @Andrew_Kruger @Ruggero_Piccoli @Frank_S

cheers

Lech

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

David_Friend — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 16:21:45 GMT

I haven't heard anything, @Andrew_Kruger do we know if this is being addressed? Meanwhile should these customers be moving off of Office 365?

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

Lech_Miszkiewicz — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 07:42:04 GMT

@David_Friend - dont even joke about suggesting moving off office365😜

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

David_Friend — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 19:10:25 GMT

@Lech_Miszkiewicz 😉

@Andrew_Kruger or @Ruggero_Piccoli what are you thoughts on this?

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

mgranillo — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 16:15:10 GMT

I was told by our Qlik contact that Nprinting would be updated to work with Oauth 2.0. Does anyone know what version or patch will have that fix and when it will be released?

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

David_Friend — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 15:18:08 GMT

@mgranillo who did you hear this from?

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

mgranillo — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 16:42:59 GMT

@David_Friend our customer support manager told us this. We meet with him on a regular basis.

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

mgranillo — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:31:28 GMT

@David_Friend Do you know what is going on with this? We heavily rely no Nprinting to deliver reports.

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

David_Friend — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 16:16:05 GMT

I have no knowledge of Nprinting being updated, I do know that Microsoft has delayed this:

https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/exchange/updated-exchange-online-smtp-auth-basic-authentication-deprecation-timeline/4489835

@Andrew_Kruger please weigh in on this, NPrinting will need to be able to support Oauth 2.0 by end of 2027

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

hugo_andrade — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 17:16:17 GMT

@Suhr ,

I've seen many customers using services like Amazon SES (stands for Simple Email Service) to act as the email sender service.

You would still use your corporate domain, preserving the identity. And you wouldn't be limited to Microsoft's supported protocols.

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

Andrew_Kruger — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:31:28 GMT

Please have a look at the Technical Preview posted here - https://community.qlik.com/t5/Technical-Preview/Qlik-NPrinting-2026-Technical-Preview/m-p/2546520/thread-id/602

Re: Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

David_Friend — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:20:27 GMT

@Suhr in the upcoming 2026 version (the technical preview for it is available) we have added support for Exchange Online connectivity.