Microsoft has revealed that end-to-end encryption will be coming to Microsoft Teams later this year.
At Ignite 2021, the vendor said the encryption will support one-to-one calls for commercial customers. It will be available in preview in the first half of this year.
Microsoft said it will “help customers meet their security and compliance requirements by providing an additional option for conducting sensitive online conversations”.
“For example, a call from an IT admin giving an employee her password over Teams could be conducted with E2EE,” Microsoft said.
In the first release, customers will be able to enable the encryption for unscheduled calls.
Microsoft added that further updates would “support customers evolving compliance needs” and expand to scheduled calls and online meetings.
IT departments will have full discretion over who in an organisation can use encryption.
This will be the first time end-to-end encryption has been a feature of Teams, with data currently encrypted in transit and at rest. SharePoint files are protected by SharePoint’s encryption, with OneNote encryption protecting notes, according to Microsoft.
From a compliance perspective, Teams multigeo support will also be added in H1 this year.
This will give customers greater control over where they Teams date is stored – similar to the controls they already have in place for date in Exchange Online and SharePoint Online.
This article will be updated as Microsoft Ignite continues. You can view our Ignite content hub here.
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