If your setup meets these requirements, all you need to do to enable Office 365 MessageĮncryption is define rules that trigger encryption Office 365 Message Encryption requires that you have an Exchange Online or Exchange Online Protection (EOP) subscription and that you’ve set up Azure Rights Management.
Preparing for Office 365 Message Encryption If you’re using Exchange Server 2013, you’ll be able to access Office 365 Message Encryption, too, either by usingĮxchange Online Protection (EOP) or by using hybrid mail-flow.
To Office 365 E3, Office 365 E4, or Windows Azure Rights Management will begin to see the Message Encryption service ready to go. If you are licenced for one of these plans, you will automiatcally have access to office 365 Message Encryption. Windows Azure Right Management is already included with Office 365 E3 and E4 licences. To start using the message service today, you need to purchase a subscription for Windows Azure Right Management (RMS), which also includes Information Right Management capabilites, giving you a comprehensive solutions to help protect your internal and externalĬommunications.
The following diagram summarizes the passage of an email message through the encryption and decryption process. The recipient can choose to view the message by signing in with a Microsoft account or a work account associated with Office 365, or by using a one-time passcode.īoth options help ensure that only the intended recipient can view the encrypted message. The embedded instructions to view the encrypted message on the Office 365 Message Encryption portal. The recipient opens the HTML attachment in the email message, recognizes a familiar brand if that’s present, and follows When a user sends an email message in Exchange Online that matches an encryption rule, the message is sent out with an HTML attachment. A rule can require the encryption of all messages addressed to a specific recipient, for example. With Azure RMS set up for an organization, administrators can enable message encryption by defining transport rules that determine the conditionsįor encryption. Office 365 Message Encryption is an online service that’s built on Microsoft Azure Rights Management (Azure RMS).