Security News > 2021 > May > Microsoft Exchange admin portal blocked by expired SSL certificate
The Microsoft Exchange admin portal is currently inaccessible from some browsers after Microsoft forgot to renew the SSL certificate for the website.
Starting at 8 AM EST today, Microsoft Exchange admins who attempted to access the admin portal at admin.
Microsoft.com suddenly found that their browsers were issuing warnings that the connection was not private due to an expired SSL certificate.
According to Qualys' SSL Labs, the certificate expired today, Sun, 23 May 2021, at 12:00:00 UTC. For those on the east coast of the United States, that is is equivalent to Sun, 23 May 2021 08:00:00 EST. Microsoft states that they are aware of the issue and are working on a fix.
As a temporary workaround, Microsoft states you can access the admin portal from the https://outlook.
BleepingComputer has reached out to Microsoft to learn more about when they expect the SSL certificate to be renewed but has not heard back at this time.
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