Part of "Azure Information Protection" (AIP), Office 365 Message Encryption enables organisations to send and receive encrypted email messages between people inside and outside the organisation. Office 365 Message Encryption works with Outlook.com, Yahoo!, Gmail, and all other email services. Email message encryption helps ensure that only intended recipients can view message content.
How Office 365 Message Encryption works
When someone sends an email message using Outlook (or "Exchange Online", aka: "Outlook Web Access" or "Outlook on the Web") and selects the "Encrypt message" button, the Office 365 Exchagne Server encrypts the message before sending it to the recipients email server.
Similarily, any email that meets the "Mail Flow" rules that and Office 365 Exchange Administrator can setup to encrypt emails (e.g: To encrypt all emails sent to a specific person, or specific organisation) will be encrypted on the server before they're sent.
Receiving an encrypted email
Recipients of encrypted messages who are in Office 365 organisations, and have an AIP licence, will be able to read those messages seamlessly in Outlook (including: Outlook for PC, Outlook for Mac, Outlook on the web, Outlook for iOS, and Outlook for Android). Users that receive encrypted messages on other email clients can view the messages in the OME portal. The OME portal will prompt the recipient to login using their Microsoft account or receive a one-time code to view the message.
To find out more, or see a demo of Office 365 Message Encryption, or purchase licences or IT Services to enable Email Encryption for your organisation, please contact GW Net-Working on 023 80012100 or drop us an email.