Safe Links

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Observed content change

Small wording edit: 3 words changed in 1 passage; no rule matched the changed words.

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Small wording edit

EditedSafe Links settings for email messages

… supported versions of Outlook (Windows, Mac, [added: iOS, Android,] and Outlook on the web)~~[removed: ,]~~[added: .]

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Sections to inspect

Safe Links settings for email messages

Up to 12 section headings from retained before/after evidence. The current source may have changed again.

Observation details · observed 18 Oct 23:50 UTC

Observed by ChangeIntel: 18 Oct 23:50 UTC
Source update metadata: 14 Oct 22:37 UTC
First observed on this installation: 8 Oct 23:13 UTC
Last successful check: today 12:07 UTC
Next check due: today 18:07 UTC

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Timeline

From the capture of 18 Oct 23:50 UTC

12 undated sections
21 with conditions
2 recorded changes

Settings and overrides named on this page

Registry values, policies and cmdlets the source mentions, with the dated steps that name them. Read the source for the values to set.

UrlClickEvents

Requirements, exceptions and scope

GuidanceRequirementExceptionScope3 conditions5 passages
Safe Links supports only HTTP, HTTPS and FTP link formats.…
Safe Links no longer wraps URLs pointing to SharePoint or OneDrive sites, but the URLs…
Recipient filters in Safe Links policiesRequirementExceptionScope2 conditions3 passages
Safe Links settings for email messagesExceptionScopeRecommendation8 conditions7 passages
How Safe Links works in email messagesScope1 condition1 passage
Safe Links settings for Microsoft TeamsRequirementExceptionScopeRecommendation3 conditions4 passages
Safe Links settings for Office appsRecommendation1 condition2 passages
How Safe Links works in Office appsScope1 condition1 passage
Click protection settings in Safe Links policiesScopeRecommendation2 conditions2 passages
UrlClickEvents
"Do not rewrite the following URLs" lists in Safe Links policiesRequirementExceptionScope3 conditions5 passages
Suspicious message warningRecommendation1 passage
Phishing attempt warningRecommendation1 passage
Malicious website warningRecommendation1 passage

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How this timeline changed

Changes between ChangeIntel's readings of the page, between commits of its source file where Microsoft publishes it, in Internet Archive copies of pages that keep no other history, and entries from Microsoft's own change log (dated as Microsoft dates them). Edits between readings that neither records are unknown.

18 Oct 2026
No longer on the page Safe Links settings for email messagesseen by ChangeIntel
18 Oct 2026
Exception added Safe Links settings for email messagesseen by ChangeIntel

Observed history and review priority

Captured 18 Oct 23:50 UTC; extracted 18 Oct 23:51 UTC. Extractor: microsoft-1/9/fc65ebeb286710c0a830833db8a7e5de7e266b79981fe9c7c34479be9369ad3c.

Review priority. Previously extracted guidance is missing from a later capture · Extracted assertions require review · Applicability or exceptions require review

0 date changes and 0 condition changes across 1 compared revisions. Suggested check interval: 6 hours.

Earlier unavailable versions and edits between checks are unknown. A missing statement requires review; it does not mean the policy was cancelled. Recovered historical statements are not original revision snapshots.

Retained observations · 3

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18 Oct 23:50 UTC · 43 candidates
12 Oct 23:53 UTC · 43 candidates
8 Oct 23:13 UTC · 37 candidates

No related evidence found in this installation's recent collection. This does not establish that no announcement exists.

Retained observations

18 Oct 23:50 UTC · shown above
12 Oct 23:53 UTC
9 removed passages (about 70 words). The changed wording mentions prerequisites. Review the source to confirm the effect.
8 Oct 23:13 UTC
Baseline for retained history; no earlier retained text to compare.

What changed

First observed 18 Oct 2026

No field changes in the recorded history.

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