Technical Tip: Different Internet Service Database groups for Microsoft Office 365
| Description | This article describes the different Internet Service Database groups for Microsoft Office 365.
In the Internet Service Database (ISDB), there are multiple entries for Microsoft Office 365. This article describes the differences between them and how to effectively use these groups to allow traffic to Office 365, Azure, and Teams. |
| Scope | FortiGate. |
| Solution | ISDB refers to Office 365 URLs and IP address ranges for Microsoft-related objects.
It is possible to enable Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Skype Teams, and Microsoft Azure to allow traffic to Office 365, Azure, and Teams.
Below is the difference between ISDB regarding Microsoft Office 365: Microsoft-Office365.Published covers the IP addresses published in this article. Microsoft-Office365.Published.Allow, and Microsoft-Office365.Published.Optimize covers only IP addresses with the Optimize/Allow category.
Microsoft-Skype_Teams covers the IP addresses in the 'Skype for Business Online and Microsoft Teams' section, and the IP addresses collected according to the corresponding Skype/Teams FQDNs in the section. The general Microsoft FQDNs and third-party FQDNs are not included.
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