Microsoft Teams now has end-to-end encryption on calls

Microsoft Teams continues to add improvements and now users of the application for both Windows and macOS have an interesting improvement that makes their communications more secureAnd is that Teams now offers end-to-end encryption in calls.

Microsoft continues with Teams its policy to constantly apply updates and improvements. We have seen how the platform prepared its leap to compete in the domestic sphere or improve use depending on the network to which we are connected, far from business environments and now comes endpoint encryption(end-to-end encryption or E2EE) to increase the security of calls in the application.

Data is now safe in Teams

This is a basic utility when it comes to guaranteeing secrecy in communications that we have already seen how it has reached applications as popular as WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger. Now it comes to Teams to ensure privacy in communications, both personal and business.

As of now, end-to-end encryption is available in the version of Teams in dev channels As of Endpoint encryption is now supported for unscheduled one-to-one Teams calls, but is not available for group calls and meetings. Until now, chat data was encrypted, both at rest and in transit, but not meetings.

In order to take advantage of this enhancement, both call parties must enable end-to-end encryption on their respective devices. In this way confidential information can be exchanged securely.

Of course, they warn that if end-to-end encryption is enabled, other functions such as recording, live captions and transcription, call transfer, call retention, combination of calls or the possibility of adding more participants to the call.

If a call is end-to-end encrypted, users will be able to identify it by a shield with a lock icon on the Teams window. In addition, a 20-digit security code will be displayed so both parties can verify that they can see the same code.

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For now, encrypted calls in Teams are only supported in individual communications Depending on the results, Microsoft will study its implementation in group calls, which currently use a security system called Microsoft encryption."

Via | Neowin More information | Microsoft