Office365 Exception Rule

Are you having issues with the Sophos XG/XGS appliance blocking Office365 updates and installs from working?

Here is a Web Exception rule that will help get your Office365 installs and upgrades working again.

Login to your XG/XGS appliance

Go to Protect >> Web from the left hand menu

Select the Exceptions tab

Add a new exception as follows:

You can manually copy and paste the lines below into the rule

^([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?microsoft\.com/
^([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?windowsupdate\.com/
^([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?officecdn.microsoft.com.edgesuite.net/
^([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?officecdn.microsoft\.com/
^([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?windows\.com/

^([A-Za-z0-9.-]*\.)?office\.net/