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Copy & Paste Restriction (App Protection Policy) not working properly
Hi everyone, i set the following settings for my devices and discovered some problems: App Protection Policy Assigned to my Test-Device (iOS) Targeted Apps = all Default MS Apps (Outlook, Wor...
Hi,
just to reveal the secret: (it was one for me until now :D )
I was able to copy content out of my managed Word App even though i deactivated this via App Protection Policy. I wondered why...
Long story short:
What have i done wrong?
I opened my word app and created a new, emtpy document, wrote some sample text and copied it (successfully) in my note-app oder my chrome browser.
This is an absolutely correct behaviour. This new document isn't in any corporate context.
When opening a a document marked as "company content" e.g. from a onedrive connected to my corporate account, i was not able to copy content outside. (in my note app or my chrome browser.)
That's it.
Hopefully this "unveiling" is helping someone out. :-D
Patrick
just to reveal the secret: (it was one for me until now :D )
I was able to copy content out of my managed Word App even though i deactivated this via App Protection Policy. I wondered why...
Long story short:
What have i done wrong?
I opened my word app and created a new, emtpy document, wrote some sample text and copied it (successfully) in my note-app oder my chrome browser.
This is an absolutely correct behaviour. This new document isn't in any corporate context.
When opening a a document marked as "company content" e.g. from a onedrive connected to my corporate account, i was not able to copy content outside. (in my note app or my chrome browser.)
That's it.
Hopefully this "unveiling" is helping someone out. :-D
Patrick
- Because of a new techcommunity account, this is just a short response to follow up the thread. :)
