If you're worried about someone peeking at your sensitive data during your Teams meetings, Microsoft is making the encryption process a lot better. The company has confirmed that it's rolling out end-to-end encryption for Teams, starting with the smaller features first.
What End-to-End Encryption Means for Microsoft Teams
The news of Microsoft's choice of encryption broke on The Verge. For the time being, Microsoft will only enable end-to-end encryption for one-to-one unscheduled calls, but it hopes to eventually roll out this feature for every Teams service.
End-to-end encryption is important because it means the developer of an app cannot spy on its user's communications. With regular encryption, the developer gives its users a key to use, which means the developer (or someone who hacked them) can unencrypt and read all the data said users send to one another.
End-to-end encryption, however, gives the user the power to generate their own encryption keys. This means that nobody can peek into the user's communications, even the developers who run the service.
Microsoft will show a preview of this new encryption method to commercial users first, but hopes to roll it out so that everyone can enjoy a secure online experience.
Making Ends Meet With Microsoft Teams
If you want to ensure that nobody is snooping in on your communications, keep your eyes on Microsoft Teams in the coming months. As Microsoft moves toward making end-to-end encryption the norm for Teams, the service will become a top choice for the privacy-minded.
This update will be one of many that have recently arrived on Microsoft Teams. For example, the software giant recently added Bulletins and Milestones to the popular remote-working app.
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