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Attention

As of March 1, 2022, the legacy Barracuda Essentials Security, Compliance, and Complete editions are no longer available for purchase. Only existing customers can renew or add users to these plans.

Following October 30, 2022, the documentation and trainings will no longer be updated and will contain outdated information.

For more information on the latest Email Protection plans, see Barracuda Email Protection.

To update your bookmarks, see the following for the latest documentation and trainings:

Note that MSP customers should continue to follow Barracuda Essentials for MSPs.

Restrict Inbound Mail to the Barracuda Email Security Service IP Range

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For a list of Essentials options and setup instructions, see Step 1 - Set Up Essentials for Office 365.

Time Requirement

After updating your MX records, allow at least 24-48 hours before completing the steps in this section to allow the records to propagate.

The steps in this section enhance the security of the connection between Barracuda Email Security Service and Office 365. It will only allow inbound email to come from the Barracuda system.

  1. Install Exchange Online module.
    • If you have already installed Exchange Online module, proceed to the next step.
    • To install Exchange Online module, open Windows PowerShell as an administrator and enter the following command: 
      Install-Module -Name ExchangeOnlineManagement
  2. Connect to Exchange Online Powershell and log in with your Office 365 administrator account using the following command:
  3. Find the correct IP range based on the region selected when setting up your Barracuda Email Security Service instance. Refer to the Barracuda Email Security Service IP Ranges for the IP ranges corresponding to your region. 
  4. After you connect to Exchange Online PowerShell, run the appropriate PowerShell script based on your region: 

    PowerShell Script for the Australia Region
    New-InboundConnector -ConnectorType Partner -Name "Barracuda Inbound Connector" -RequireTls $true -SenderDomains * -SenderIPAddresses 3.24.133.128/25 -RestrictDomainstoIPAddresses $true      
    PowerShell Script for the Canada Region
    New-InboundConnector -ConnectorType Partner -Name "Barracuda Inbound Connector" -RequireTls $true -SenderDomains * -SenderIPAddresses 15.222.16.128/25 -RestrictDomainstoIPAddresses $true      
    PowerShell Script for the German Region
    New-InboundConnector -ConnectorType Partner -Name "Barracuda Inbound Connector" -RequireTls $true -SenderDomains * -SenderIPAddresses 35.157.190.224/27,18.185.115.192/26,18.184.203.224/27 -RestrictDomainstoIPAddresses $true      
    PowerShell Script for the UK Region
    New-InboundConnector -ConnectorType Partner -Name "Barracuda Inbound Connector" -RequireTls $true -SenderDomains * -SenderIPAddresses 35.176.92.96/27,18.133.136.128/26,18.133.136.96/27 -RestrictDomainstoIPAddresses $true      
    PowerShell Script for the US Region
    New-InboundConnector -ConnectorType Partner -Name "Barracuda Inbound Connector" -RequireTls $true -SenderDomains * -SenderIPAddresses 64.235.144.0/24,64.235.145.0/24,64.235.146.0/24,64.235.147.0/24,64.235.148.0/24,64.235.149.0/24,64.235.150.0/24,64.235.151.0/24,64.235.152.0/24,64.235.153.0/24,64.235.154.0/24,64.235.155.0/24,64.235.156.0/24,64.235.157.0/24,64.235.158.0/24,64.235.159.0/24,209.222.80.0/24,209.222.81.0/24,209.222.82.0/24,209.222.83.0/24,209.222.84.0/24,209.222.85.0/24,209.222.86.0/24,209.222.87.0/24 -RestrictDomainstoIPAddresses $true