Microsoft Teams enhances encryption efforts via Customer Key support

An extra layer of protection never hurts.

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What you need to know

Microsoft has announced that Customer Key support for Microsoft Teams is out in the wild, meaning organizations already utilizing Customer Key for SharePoint Online and Exchange Online will be able to add Teams into the fold.

Here’s the full list of items that will be affected in Teams by the creation of a Customer Key data encryption policy:

It’s mentioned that encryption may take some time to achieve after a data encryption policy is enacted. Data is currently only encrypted from the time of policy assignment, though retroactive encryption is in the works.

You can see the full description of what’s entailed in Customer Key support for Microsoft Teams via theMicrosoft Teams blog.

Microsoft Teams is getting a little bit safer thanks to Customer Key support. If you like your data encrypted, Microsoft has you covered.

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