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Hello
I just applied some sensitivity labels in Office 365 and activated Azure information protection.
In outlook I see an encrypt button. Can this button be disabled in favour of using the sensitvity label?
What is the difference between encrypt and using sensitivity labels?
Thanks
The Encrypt Only and Do not Forward are part of OME.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/ome?view=o365-worldwide
These and the labels compliment each other, but the OME stuff is "built-in" so to speak.
@Andy David - MVP I briefly saw an encryption button on Outlook web app but it disappeared and became just sensitivity label.
Should there be an encryption button in Outlook web app?
Thanks
Look under the ellipses:
@Andy David - MVP Thank you one last question
When creating Sensitivity labels I see this option:
Remove encryption if the file is encrypted
What exactly does this mean. I read the microsoft article here;: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/encryption-sensitivity-labels?view=o365-worldwide
But the explanation is a bit confusion can you elaborate?
Thank you
That option will attempt to remove any existing encryption and apply the sensitivity label instead:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/encryption-sensitivity-labels?view=o365-worldwide#what-happens-to-existing-encryption-when-a-labels-applied
@Andy David - MVP I added a sensitivity label that is suppose to encrypt a message and then send the email to an external user. The external user just receive the email wihout any encryption.
Do the sensitivity labels only encrypt for internal email?
No, they work for all. What is the exact config you have set this label.
@Andy David - MVP Im guessing its the last option that needs to be changed?
Correct, choose to configure the encryption settings.
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Hi @berketjune2012 ,
Just checking if you still have any other questions about it, if so, please feel free to post back. And if your issue has been resolved, would you mind marking the helfpul post as ananswer? It would benefit others who has similar issues could find related information more easier, thanks for your understanding.