Your Administrator Has Blocked This Version of Outlook
Suppose you’re using Outlook 2007, 2010, or older versions of Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016. In that case, you’ll soon receive an alert that says your admin has blocked your Outlook version. The message reads as follows: “Your Microsoft Exchange administrator has blocked the version of Outlook that you are using. Contact your administrator for assistance“. Let’s discuss why this alert pops up in the first place and what you can do about it.
Old Office Versions Can’t Connect to Microsoft 365 Services
Starting with November 1st, 2021, the minimum version requirements for connecting Outlook to Office 365 and Microsoft 365 services changed. Microsoft no longer supports the following versions:
- Outlook 2007
- Outlook 2010
- Office 2013 versions earlier than 15.0.4971.1000
- Office 2016 versions earlier than 16.0.4600.1000.
To connect to your Office 365 email account. You need to download then install the latest version of Microsoft Office 2013 as follows:
Activate Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 15.0.5431.1000
After download and install Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 15.0.5431.1000, you need activate the license. Visit the below post to activate it.