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block attachments on outlook mobile application
This can be done, but it will depend on your licensing. You will have to control the app with MAM via Intune. Then you can set policy for Outlook, SharePoint app, OneDrive, etc.
If you are looking for broader protection capabilities beyond what’s included in Office 365, you can subscribe to Microsoft Intune, which is part of the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite. Intune provides mobile application management (MAM) capabilities for Outlook and other Office mobile apps in addition to the conditional access and device management capabilities outlined above. With Intune MAM, you can restrict actions such as cut, copy, paste, and “save as” of corporate data between Intune-managed apps and apps that are not managed by Intune. Additionally, the Intune-managed Outlook apps include a new multi-identity management feature that enables users to access both their personal and work email accounts in the same Outlook app while only applying the Intune MAM policies to the user’s work account –
this provides a much more seamless user experience.
Outlook mobile does not use ActiveSync (anymore), thus you cannot expect all the restrictions configured via active sync policies to apply.
When you say no, you should mention alternative as well.
So now could you please tell me what policy should I apply to restrict users from not being able to download attachments on outlook mobile application
If there is no way, just say that abruptly
- Losercore
Microsoft
This can be done, but it will depend on your licensing. You will have to control the app with MAM via Intune. Then you can set policy for Outlook, SharePoint app, OneDrive, etc.
If you are looking for broader protection capabilities beyond what’s included in Office 365, you can subscribe to Microsoft Intune, which is part of the Microsoft Enterprise Mobility Suite. Intune provides mobile application management (MAM) capabilities for Outlook and other Office mobile apps in addition to the conditional access and device management capabilities outlined above. With Intune MAM, you can restrict actions such as cut, copy, paste, and “save as” of corporate data between Intune-managed apps and apps that are not managed by Intune. Additionally, the Intune-managed Outlook apps include a new multi-identity management feature that enables users to access both their personal and work email accounts in the same Outlook app while only applying the Intune MAM policies to the user’s work account –
this provides a much more seamless user experience. MAM policies do not allow you to deny or block access to email attachments.
Cut, copy, paste, and “save as” restrictions via App policies are working fine but they are useless on Outlook for iOS as you can just forward an email attachement to a gmail or else account and cut, copy save as from here.
Massive oversight!
- Losercore
Thanks for your response. The answer is more than just a point product like Intune. EMS will allow for what you want with a combination of:
- Intune MAM policies
- Intune App Protection Properties and Windows Information Protection (Prevent copy paste of business data to non-business apps
- Azure AD Session Limits for Conditional Access (Prevent download in SharePoint, OneDrive and Exchange)
Some resources to help
- Azure AD Premium Conditional Access and Session Controls
- BRK3009 - Accelerate deployment and adoption of Microsoft Information Protection solutions (Video)
- BRK3002 - Understanding how Microsoft Information Protection capabilities work together to protect sensitive information across devices, apps, and services
