Microsoft Teams Rolls out End-to-End Encryption for One-to-One Calls

Dec. 15, 2021

As people started relying more on video conferencing platforms during the Coronavirus-led pandemic, various companies startedadding new featuresto their video conferencing apps to make them more competitive in the market. Amongst others, Microsoftannounced to add end-to-end encryption (E2EE)to its popular video calling app Teams to make it on par with the competition earlier this year. And now, the Redmond giant has started rolling out the feature to all Microsoft Teams users.

So, if you are a Microsoft Teams user, you can now make one-to-one calls with the confidence that they would be secured via end-to-end encryption. That means VOIP calls on the platform would now be encrypted and sensitive conversations between users would be secured and cannot be easily decrypted by third-party apps or services.

The company said that multiple enterprise customers in the US and Europe are currently in the process of rolling out E2EE for Teams calls. Once the IT admins configure the policy and enable it for users, they will be able to turn on the option from their Teams settings. However, IT admins retain the ability to disable the option for one-to-one calls on Teams if deemed necessary.

With that in mind, if you are a Microsoft Teams user, you can update your app to the latest version on your Windows or Mac device to gain E2EE calling support on the platform.

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