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People often use email to exchange sensitive information, such as financial data, legal contracts, confidential product information, sales reports and projections, patient health information, or customer and employee information. As a result, mailboxes can become repositories for large amounts of potentially sensitive information and information leakage can become a serious threat to your organization.

With Office 365 Message Encryption, your organization can send and receive encrypted email messages between people inside and outside your organization. Office 365 Message Encryption works with Outlook.com, Yahoo!, Gmail, and other email services. Email message encryption helps ensure that only intended recipients can view message content.

How Office 365 Message Encryption works

The rest of this article applies to the new OME capabilities.

Office 365 Message Encryption is an online service that's built on Microsoft Azure Rights Management (Azure RMS) which is part of Azure Information Protection. This includes encryption, identity, and authorization policies to help secure your email. You can encrypt messages by using rights management templates, the Do Not Forward option, and the encrypt-only option.

Users can then encrypt email messages and a variety of attachments by using these options. For a full list of supported attachment types, see 'File types covered by IRM policies when they are attached to messages' in Introduction to IRM for email messages.

As an administrator, you can also define mail flow rules to apply this protection. For example, you can create a rule that requires the encryption of all messages addressed to a specific recipient, or that contains specific words in the subject line, and also specify that recipients can't copy or print the contents of the message.

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Unlike the previous version of OME, the new capabilities provide a unified sender experience whether you're sending mail inside your organization or to recipients outside of Microsoft 365. In addition, recipients who receive a protected email message sent to a Microsoft 365 account in Outlook 2016 or Outlook on the web, don't have to take any additional action to view the message. It works seamlessly. Recipients using other email clients and email service providers also have an improved experience. For information, see Learn about protected messages in Office 365 and How do I open a protected message.

For a detailed list of the differences between the previous version of OME and the new OME capabilities, see Compare versions of OME.

When someone sends an email message that matches an encryption mail flow rule, the message is encrypted before it's sent. All Microsoft 365 end users that use Outlook clients to read mail receive native, first-class reading experiences for encrypted and rights-protected mail even if they're not in the same organization as the sender. Supported Outlook clients include Outlook desktop, Outlook Mac, Outlook mobile on iOS and Android, and Outlook on the web (formerly known as Outlook Web App).

Recipients of encrypted messages who receive encrypted or rights-protected mail sent to their Outlook.com, Gmail, and Yahoo accounts receive a wrapper mail that directs them to the OME Portal where they can easily authenticate using a Microsoft account, Gmail, or Yahoo credentials.

End users that read encrypted or rights-protected mail on clients other than Outlook also use the OME portal to view encrypted and rights-protected messages that they receive.

If the sender of the protected mail is in GCC High and the recipient is outside of GCC High, including commercial users, Outlook.com users, and users of other email providers such as Gmail, the recipient receives a wrapper mail. The wrapper mail directs the recipient to the OME Portal where the recipient is able to read and reply to the message. Otherwise, if the sender and recipient are both in the GCC High environment, even if they're not in the same organization, then recipients that use Outlook clients to read mail receive native, first-class reading experiences for encrypted and rights-protected mail. For more information about the different experience in GCC High, see Compare versions of OME.

For more information about size limits for messages and attachments that you can encrypt using OME, see Exchange Online Limits.

How Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption works on top of OME

Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption lets you create multiple branding templates so you can fine-tune control over recipient mail and create custom branding experiences to support a diverse organizational structure.

Advanced Message Encryption in Microsoft 365 helps you meet compliance obligations that require more flexible control over external recipient's access to encrypted emails. With Advanced Message Encryption in Office 365, as an administrator, you can control sensitive emails shared outside the organization with automatic policies that detect sensitive information types (for example, PII, Financial or Health IDs) or keywords to enhance protection by expiring access through a secure web portal to encrypted emails. As an admin you can further control encrypted emails accessed through a Microsoft 365 web portal by revoking access to an email anytime.

Message revocation and expiration only work for emails that your users send to recipients outside your organization. In addition, the recipients must access the email through the web portal. To ensure the recipient uses the portal to receive email, you set up a custom branding template that applies the wrapper. Then, you apply the branding template in a mail flow rule. For more information about Advanced Message Encryption, see Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption.

Defining rules for Office 365 Message Encryption

One way to enable the new capabilities for Office 365 Message Encryption is for Exchange Online and Exchange Online Protection administrators to define mail flow rules. These rules determine under what conditions email messages should be encrypted. When an encryption action is set for a rule, any messages that match the rule conditions are encrypted before they're sent.

Mail flow rules are flexible, letting you combine conditions so you can meet specific security requirements in a single rule. For example, you can create a rule to encrypt all messages that contain specified keywords and are addressed to external recipients. The new capabilities for Office 365 Message Encryption also encrypt replies from recipients of encrypted email.

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For more information about how to create mail flow rules to take advantage of the new OME capabilities, see Define Rules for Office 365 Message Encryption.

Get started with the new OME capabilities

If you're ready to get started using the new OME capabilities within your organization, see Set up new Office 365 Message Encryption capabilities.

Sending, viewing, and replying to encrypted email messages

With Office 365 Message Encryption, users can send encrypted email from Outlook and Outlook on the web. Additionally, admins can set up mail flow rules in Microsoft 365 to automatically encrypt emails based on keyword matching or other conditions.

Recipients of encrypted messages who are in organizations will be able to read those messages seamlessly in any version 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.

For detailed guidance about how to send and view encrypted messages, take a look at these articles.

Read this article...If you are...
Learn about protected messages in Office 365An end user that wants to learn more about how encrypted messages work and what options are available to you.
How do I open a protected message?An end user that wants to read a protected message that was sent to you. This article includes information about reading messages in several versions of Outlook and from different email accounts, including those accounts outside of Microsoft 365 such as gmail and Yahoo! accounts.
Send, view, and reply to encrypted messages in OutlookAn end user that wants to send, view, or reply to an encrypted message from Outlook. Even if you're not a member of an organization, you still receive notification of encrypted messages sent to you in Outlook. Use this article for instructions on how to view and reply to encrypted messages sent from Office 365.
Send a digitally signed or encrypted messageAn end user that wants to send, view, or reply to encrypted messages using Outlook for Mac. This article also covers using encryption methods other than OME, such as S/MIME.
View encrypted messages on your Android deviceAn end user who has received a message encrypted with Office 365 Message Encryption on your Android device, you can use the free OME Viewer app to view the message and send an encrypted reply. This article explains how.
View encrypted messages on your iPhone or iPadAn end user who has received a message encrypted with Office 365 Message Encryption on your iPhone or iPad, you can use the free OME Viewer app to view the message and send an encrypted reply. This article explains how.
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This article describes some useful tools for Microsoft Outlook for Mac.

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Outlook Search Repair

The Outlook Search Repair tool repairs search results within Outlook.

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Important

Due to some changes in macOS Mojave, this tool no longer works in 10.14 and higher. If you are on macOS Mojave (10.14), you can follow the steps below to reindex Spotlight for Outlook for Mac.

  1. Choose Apple menu, then System Preferences, and then Spotlight.

  2. Select the Privacy tab.

  3. In Finder:

    1. On the Go menu, select Go to Folder...

    2. Copy and paste the following location into the 'Go to the folder:' dialog box and select Go:

      ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/

  4. Drag the 'Main Profile' folder to the Privacy tab. Once added, remove the folder, and Spotlight will re-index the folder.

    You must perform this step for any additional profile folders you have.

See the following article from Apple to learn more: How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac.

When to use the tool

Use this tool if search results within Outlook show nothing or return older items only. For example, if you search for an email message that you already have open and that message isn't displayed in the search results.

How to use the tool

  1. Download and open the Outlook Search Repair tool.

  2. Follow the instructions.

    Note The tool searches for duplicate installations of Outlook. If no duplicates are detected, go to step 3. If duplicates are detected, remove the duplicate Outlook installations, and then restart the system. After your system is restarted, the Outlook Search Repair tool may reopen. If it does reopen, exit and restart the tool.

  3. Select Reindex.

    Note The Outlook Search Repair tool displays a 'Reindexing, please wait' message while it works. Wait for this process to finish. This may require an hour or more, depending on the size of your Outlook profile. Outlook doesn't have to be open when the repair occurs. A spotlight search will be slower and may not finish while the index is being repaired.

  4. Exit the Outlook Search Repair tool when you receive the following message after the repair is completed:

    Done! Reindexing has completed!

OutlookResetPreferences

The Outlook Reset Preferences tool resets all Outlook preferences to their default settings.

When to use the tool

Use this tool to reset any customizations that you've made to Outlook by using the Preferences option on the Outlook menu. This tool also stores the settings for the Outlook window size and position. This tool shouldn't be needed most of the time. But it can be useful.

Note The Outlook Preferences file doesn't contain all the preferences for the application. Also, resetting Outlook preferences doesn't remove email messages or account settings.

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Unlike the previous version of OME, the new capabilities provide a unified sender experience whether you're sending mail inside your organization or to recipients outside of Microsoft 365. In addition, recipients who receive a protected email message sent to a Microsoft 365 account in Outlook 2016 or Outlook on the web, don't have to take any additional action to view the message. It works seamlessly. Recipients using other email clients and email service providers also have an improved experience. For information, see Learn about protected messages in Office 365 and How do I open a protected message.

For a detailed list of the differences between the previous version of OME and the new OME capabilities, see Compare versions of OME.

When someone sends an email message that matches an encryption mail flow rule, the message is encrypted before it's sent. All Microsoft 365 end users that use Outlook clients to read mail receive native, first-class reading experiences for encrypted and rights-protected mail even if they're not in the same organization as the sender. Supported Outlook clients include Outlook desktop, Outlook Mac, Outlook mobile on iOS and Android, and Outlook on the web (formerly known as Outlook Web App).

Recipients of encrypted messages who receive encrypted or rights-protected mail sent to their Outlook.com, Gmail, and Yahoo accounts receive a wrapper mail that directs them to the OME Portal where they can easily authenticate using a Microsoft account, Gmail, or Yahoo credentials.

End users that read encrypted or rights-protected mail on clients other than Outlook also use the OME portal to view encrypted and rights-protected messages that they receive.

If the sender of the protected mail is in GCC High and the recipient is outside of GCC High, including commercial users, Outlook.com users, and users of other email providers such as Gmail, the recipient receives a wrapper mail. The wrapper mail directs the recipient to the OME Portal where the recipient is able to read and reply to the message. Otherwise, if the sender and recipient are both in the GCC High environment, even if they're not in the same organization, then recipients that use Outlook clients to read mail receive native, first-class reading experiences for encrypted and rights-protected mail. For more information about the different experience in GCC High, see Compare versions of OME.

For more information about size limits for messages and attachments that you can encrypt using OME, see Exchange Online Limits.

How Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption works on top of OME

Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption lets you create multiple branding templates so you can fine-tune control over recipient mail and create custom branding experiences to support a diverse organizational structure.

Advanced Message Encryption in Microsoft 365 helps you meet compliance obligations that require more flexible control over external recipient's access to encrypted emails. With Advanced Message Encryption in Office 365, as an administrator, you can control sensitive emails shared outside the organization with automatic policies that detect sensitive information types (for example, PII, Financial or Health IDs) or keywords to enhance protection by expiring access through a secure web portal to encrypted emails. As an admin you can further control encrypted emails accessed through a Microsoft 365 web portal by revoking access to an email anytime.

Message revocation and expiration only work for emails that your users send to recipients outside your organization. In addition, the recipients must access the email through the web portal. To ensure the recipient uses the portal to receive email, you set up a custom branding template that applies the wrapper. Then, you apply the branding template in a mail flow rule. For more information about Advanced Message Encryption, see Office 365 Advanced Message Encryption.

Defining rules for Office 365 Message Encryption

One way to enable the new capabilities for Office 365 Message Encryption is for Exchange Online and Exchange Online Protection administrators to define mail flow rules. These rules determine under what conditions email messages should be encrypted. When an encryption action is set for a rule, any messages that match the rule conditions are encrypted before they're sent.

Mail flow rules are flexible, letting you combine conditions so you can meet specific security requirements in a single rule. For example, you can create a rule to encrypt all messages that contain specified keywords and are addressed to external recipients. The new capabilities for Office 365 Message Encryption also encrypt replies from recipients of encrypted email.

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For more information about how to create mail flow rules to take advantage of the new OME capabilities, see Define Rules for Office 365 Message Encryption.

Get started with the new OME capabilities

If you're ready to get started using the new OME capabilities within your organization, see Set up new Office 365 Message Encryption capabilities.

Sending, viewing, and replying to encrypted email messages

With Office 365 Message Encryption, users can send encrypted email from Outlook and Outlook on the web. Additionally, admins can set up mail flow rules in Microsoft 365 to automatically encrypt emails based on keyword matching or other conditions.

Recipients of encrypted messages who are in organizations will be able to read those messages seamlessly in any version 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.

For detailed guidance about how to send and view encrypted messages, take a look at these articles.

Read this article...If you are...
Learn about protected messages in Office 365An end user that wants to learn more about how encrypted messages work and what options are available to you.
How do I open a protected message?An end user that wants to read a protected message that was sent to you. This article includes information about reading messages in several versions of Outlook and from different email accounts, including those accounts outside of Microsoft 365 such as gmail and Yahoo! accounts.
Send, view, and reply to encrypted messages in OutlookAn end user that wants to send, view, or reply to an encrypted message from Outlook. Even if you're not a member of an organization, you still receive notification of encrypted messages sent to you in Outlook. Use this article for instructions on how to view and reply to encrypted messages sent from Office 365.
Send a digitally signed or encrypted messageAn end user that wants to send, view, or reply to encrypted messages using Outlook for Mac. This article also covers using encryption methods other than OME, such as S/MIME.
View encrypted messages on your Android deviceAn end user who has received a message encrypted with Office 365 Message Encryption on your Android device, you can use the free OME Viewer app to view the message and send an encrypted reply. This article explains how.
View encrypted messages on your iPhone or iPadAn end user who has received a message encrypted with Office 365 Message Encryption on your iPhone or iPad, you can use the free OME Viewer app to view the message and send an encrypted reply. This article explains how.
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Summary

This article describes some useful tools for Microsoft Outlook for Mac.

More information

Outlook Search Repair

The Outlook Search Repair tool repairs search results within Outlook.

Important

Due to some changes in macOS Mojave, this tool no longer works in 10.14 and higher. If you are on macOS Mojave (10.14), you can follow the steps below to reindex Spotlight for Outlook for Mac.

  1. Choose Apple menu, then System Preferences, and then Spotlight.

  2. Select the Privacy tab.

  3. In Finder:

    1. On the Go menu, select Go to Folder...

    2. Copy and paste the following location into the 'Go to the folder:' dialog box and select Go:

      ~/Library/Group Containers/UBF8T346G9.Office/Outlook/Outlook 15 Profiles/

  4. Drag the 'Main Profile' folder to the Privacy tab. Once added, remove the folder, and Spotlight will re-index the folder.

    You must perform this step for any additional profile folders you have.

See the following article from Apple to learn more: How to rebuild the Spotlight index on your Mac.

When to use the tool

Use this tool if search results within Outlook show nothing or return older items only. For example, if you search for an email message that you already have open and that message isn't displayed in the search results.

How to use the tool

  1. Download and open the Outlook Search Repair tool.

  2. Follow the instructions.

    Note The tool searches for duplicate installations of Outlook. If no duplicates are detected, go to step 3. If duplicates are detected, remove the duplicate Outlook installations, and then restart the system. After your system is restarted, the Outlook Search Repair tool may reopen. If it does reopen, exit and restart the tool.

  3. Select Reindex.

    Note The Outlook Search Repair tool displays a 'Reindexing, please wait' message while it works. Wait for this process to finish. This may require an hour or more, depending on the size of your Outlook profile. Outlook doesn't have to be open when the repair occurs. A spotlight search will be slower and may not finish while the index is being repaired.

  4. Exit the Outlook Search Repair tool when you receive the following message after the repair is completed:

    Done! Reindexing has completed!

OutlookResetPreferences

The Outlook Reset Preferences tool resets all Outlook preferences to their default settings.

When to use the tool

Use this tool to reset any customizations that you've made to Outlook by using the Preferences option on the Outlook menu. This tool also stores the settings for the Outlook window size and position. This tool shouldn't be needed most of the time. But it can be useful.

Note The Outlook Preferences file doesn't contain all the preferences for the application. Also, resetting Outlook preferences doesn't remove email messages or account settings.

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How to use the tool

  1. Download and open the Outlook Reset Preferences tool.
  2. Click the Reset Now! button. This closes Outlook if it's open, and then resets the preferences to their default settings.
  3. Exit the Outlook Reset Preferences tool.

SetDefaultMailApp

The Default Mail Application tool lets you easily make Outlook the default mail application.

When to use the tool

Use this tool if you want Outlook to open a new email message when you click a mailto: link in an email message or on a website. Selecting a mailto: link opens the default email application. Outlook isn't the default email application until you change that setting.

How to use the tool

  1. Download and open the Default Mail Application tool.
  2. In the Default Mail Application dialog box, select com.microsoft.outlook, and then click Make Default.
  3. Exit the Default Mail Application tool.

ResetRecentAddresses

The Reset Recent Addresses tool lets you reset recent addresses that Outlook stores. This tool deletes all recent addresses instead of you having to manually delete addresses one at a time.

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When to use the tool

When you compose an email message and add people on the To, Cc, or Bcc line, Outlook suggests names as you type characters. The list of names that Outlook uses is a combination of stored contacts, the company directory, and recent contacts. Recent contacts have an 'X' character next to each name. Without this tool, you have to click the 'X' on each contact to remove that contact from the Recent Address List. The Reset Recent Addresses tool cleans out all recent addresses at the same time.

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How to use the tool

  1. Download and open the ResetRecentAddresses tool.
  2. Click the Reset Now! button.
  3. Exit the Reset Outlook Recent Addresses tool.




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