Millions of NHSmail accounts relocated to Microsoft Exchange Online
The large-scale NHSmail migration aims to create a more joined up NHS while providing frontline services with digital tools and services.
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Care providers using NHSmail more than doubles in six weeks
The number of care providers using NHSmail has more than doubled in the last six weeks to help support staff during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Microsoft and NHS Digital to provide new clinical capabilities through Teams
NHS Digital plans to build on its licensing agreement for Microsoft Teams to transform NHSmail into a ‘fully featured collaboration platform’.
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NHS Digital brings on security software firm to shore up NHSmail
Egress Protect will be integrated into NHSmail to offer enhanced protection and enable health practitioners to send encrypted emails to unsecure domains.
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NHSmail wasn’t compliant with own secure email standards for six months
Information sent to Digital Health News reveals that NHSmail did not meet the requirements of NHS Digital’s DCB1596 standard until a week ago.
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Cyber security news round-up
Our first cyber security round-up of 2020 details updates to NHSmail and advice from the NCSC on the use of Windows 7, after Microsoft officially ended support for the platform.
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NHS staff unable to access NHSMail for an afternoon
NHS Digital tweeted at around 4pm on 5 November to say it was working with Accenture to restore the service as soon as possible.
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NHSmail registers 11 million blocked attacks in three years
According to the information released by NHS Digital, the NHSmail system blocked a total of 11.35m email attacks between since 2016.
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Entry level data security toolkit to give care providers access to NHSMail
The entry level of the DSPT has been specifically designed for care providers as a stepping stone towards achieving the full toolkit.
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NHSmail ‘internal software issue’ causes NHS-wide outage over weekend
NHS staff were frozen out of the accounts and prompted for their password, with many of them locked out after making multiple login attempts.
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