Microsoft Teams , the video calling platform of the company founded by Bill Gates, now includes the possibility to activate an end-to-end encryption in calls and video calls individuale s. This feature ensures that only the two people who are meeting are listening. Not even Microsoft will have access to the content.
E2EE encryption will only be available for unscheduled calls through the Mac or Windows version of Microsoft Teams. It also brings with it the limitation in some of the most important characteristics of the platform . Microsoft ensures that when end-to-end encryption is activated it is not possible to record the call or activate live transcription or captions.
Users who choose to keep this security feature active will also not be able to transfer calls or join more people to the meeting. It will not even be possible to continue the video call on another device. All of these options, however, are enabled if the administrator decides to disable encryption through Microsoft Teams settings. On the other hand, E2EE is not available for conversations via chat or the transfer of files and documents. These, however, have other security protocols.
The company, which ensures that several clients in the United States and Europe working “in industries such as aerospace, manufacturing, telecommunications and other professional services” will soon implement individual calls with E2EE encryption in Microsoft Teams, will show in the call interface a flag so that users can know that the content is encrypted.
The new Microsoft Teams plan for SMEs will arrive next year
Credit: Microsoft In parallel, Microsoft has confirmed that its new plan called “Teams Phone with Calling Plan” , and that it combines the Microsoft 365 Business Voice subscription and the functions of the Microsoft Teams Calling Essentials plan, will be Available in January 2022. At the moment, the service will reach the United Kingdom, United States and Canada. However, the company has assured that it plans to extend it to another 33 countries at the end of January next year.
“Teams Phone with Calling Plan” is focused focused on small. It offers, among other benefits, up to 2,300 minutes of free calls to national telephones , as well as the possibility of establishing automatic assistants or transcribing voicemail messages. All this, from the same platform, which will make Microsoft 365 Business Voice and Teams Calling Essentials unavailable.
