block access to emails on weekends

Question

I have 3 domains in the office 365 portal and I would like to configure one of them so that users do not have access to emails on weekends. How do I do it?

Answer 1

Hi @Flavio Mildemberger

To my knowledge there is no built-in method to block access to mailboxes based on specific time period.

It is possible with running scheduled scripts to disable access on weekends then re-enable access on workdays in Exchange Online, but it is very complicated and may sometimes have delay to take effect.

If the main concern here is to prevent users from accessing their mailboxes data from home or other places (outside office), I would suggest using conditional access policy to create ip based policy to block access from other locations.

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