G DATA 365 | Mail Protection

Add the Microsoft Exchange Online to be monitored in the G DATA Web-Portal

1.

Connect to our G DATA Web-Portal and log in.

2.

In the left-hand tree structure below G DATA 365 | Mail Protection, switch to Settings and the Mail Server tab.

3.

Click on + Add mail server.

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G DATA 365 | Mail Protection

4.

This window opens:

G DATA 365 | Mail Protection

Assign a display name to the server.


Enter the application ID (client) and the directory ID (client) of your Microsoft Exchange Online here.

You can find these values in the Microsoft Entra Center under Applications → App registrations → G DATA Mail Protection.

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G DATA 365 | Mail Protection

Select whether you want to secure access to G DATA 365 | Mail Protection with a secret client key or a certificate. For security reasons, we strongly recommend using a certificate.

If you would like to manage the Microsoft Exchange Online quarantine together with the G DATA 365 | Mail Protection quarantine via our interface, the use of a certificate is mandatory.

Switch on the Microsoft quarantine toggle if you want to manage the Microsoft Exchange Online quarantine together with the G DATA 365 | Mail Protection quarantine via our interface.


If you have decided on a certificate, upload the pfx file you have created from the directory used during creation. Otherwise, enter your client key.

5.

Use the Test button to test whether the access is successful.

If you receive an error message regarding an invalid certificate, check the password again.

6.

If the test has confirmed a valid certificate, click Next.

It may now take some time (up to an hour) until the domains entered in Microsoft Exchange Online as Accepted domains are read out and displayed here.

You can close the window and continue with point 7 at a later time. The mail server is already available in the overview. The server can be set up at any time using the BearbeitenStift.

7.

Activate the domains to be checked by G DATA 365 | Mail Protection here.

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G DATA 365 | Mail Protection

8.

Click Next.

9.

Click Done. The mail server setup for the G DATA 365 | Mail Protection is complete.

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