Microsoft retires SMTP Basic Auth

[Suhr]

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

1. Is there any official roadmap information regarding the implementation of OAuth 2.0 / Modern Authentication for NPrinting's SMTP configuration?

2. What is the long-term, supported strategy for Qlik NPrinting to connect to Microsoft 365 mailboxes for report distribution?
   
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[Lech_Miszkiewicz]

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

cheers

Lech

[David_Friend]

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?

[Lech_Miszkiewicz]

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

[David_Friend]

@Lech_Miszkiewicz 😉

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

[mgranillo]

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?

[David_Friend]

@mgranillo who did you hear this from?

[mgranillo]

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

[mgranillo]

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

[David_Friend]

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-authentica...

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