UAlbany Mail - Email Encryption

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Office 365 Message Encryption capabilities make it easier to share protected emails with anybody—inside or outside your organization. Follow the instructions below to encrypt specific messages you send.

Instructions

Outlook for Windows

In an email message, choose Options, select Encrypt and pick the encryption that has the restrictions you want to enforce, such as Encrypt-Only or Do Not Forward.

Outlook for Mac

In an email message, choose Options, select Encrypt and pick the encryption option that has the restrictions you'd like to enforce, such as Do Not Forward or Encrypt-Only.

Outlook on the web

  1. Go to the top of the message and select more options  > Message options.

  2. Select or deselect Encrypt this message (S/MIME).

If you encrypt an outgoing message and Outlook on the web can’t verify that all recipients can decrypt the message, you’ll see a notice warning you which recipients might not be able to read the encrypted message. You can then send the message anyway, remove those recipients, or retry to check again.

Outlook on the web requires a Windows desktop device to support S/MIME. S/MIME isn't available in Outlook on the web on Mac, iOS, Android, or other non-Windows devices.

One of the three most recent versions of Edge or Chrome is required to send and receive encrypted messages, digitally sign messages that you send, and to verify digital signatures on messages that you receive.

Additional Information

Permission Level Descriptions

Reading an Encrypted Email Message

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/how-do-i-open-a-protected-message-1157a286-8ecc-4b1e-ac43-2a608fbf3098