problem with alerting emails with Exchnage 365

Hi,

One of our clients recently migrated from Exchange On-Prem to Microsoft 365. The issue they are currently facing with sending alerts is that, even though I have updated all the Email settings in Sage CRM to point to MS 365 using port 587, the logs show that emails are being sent successfully, but nothing is received in the users’ mailboxes. The latest received emails appear to come from the previous on-premises email server.

The user account used for sending emails has full SMTP access. I’ve even tested sending a test email directly from CRM, which is received successfully, but I’m not sure why alerts are not reaching users' inboxes.

I also have another question: in the Email and Documents section, I don’t see a section for Exchange Server. How can I add or enable this?

Thanks you all in advance

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    Hi Mohsen

    The enable the Exchange Server option (used for synchronising Diaries) is under System - System Behaviour and then "Use Exchange Integration" 

    As for the alert, whilst the logs show the emails have sent, are they actually in CRM? e.g. If emailing about an Opportunity, a copy of the email would appear under the opportunity (unless do not file is ticked). 

    I have seen this before, and in our own system have had to set up a big workaround where I want to send an alert.... but I also have a stored procedure in place where the condition to fire the email is met, and I have a 'stop field which is updated when the email is sent. But in order to update the stop flag, I have the Escalation I) Fire off the email II) Checks the communications for an email with the subject line I want - can't rely on the record ID as the communication doesn't necessary file against the record. III) If the communication is found, to update the stop flag so it doesn't fire the email again, otherwise if the communication isn't found it allows the email to fire and then rechecks. 

    Very long winded, but it works. Have put in an enhancement request for CRM to naturally confirm within itself that it has actually sent an email. rather than just fire and forget. 

  • 0 in reply to Matthew Shaw

    Thank you for your response. I was able to enable Exchange, but I don’t think it helps in my case at the moment.

    The Do Not File option is enabled, so I can’t see the emails within CRM.

    Regarding the procedure you mentioned, all of that had already been implemented by the developers, and the emails were working fine before. The issue started after the migration to Microsoft 365.

    It seems that the settings under Email and Documents are only for sending emails directly from CRM, while the alert emails are configured within the workflows. I can see the email actions there, but unfortunately there are no specific settings related to Microsoft 365.