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Lana O'Brien's avatar
Lana O'Brien
Former Employee
Oct 31, 2016

Announcement: Enhanced control over third-party apps now available in Office 365

Many organizations allow users to connect apps to Office 365 without IT intervention to help them be more productive. The challenge is that it reduces the visibility and control that IT has over what apps are doing with the data. Today, we’re announcing App Permissions as part of Office 365 Advanced Security Management to help with that problem.

 

 

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Permissions prompt that users see when a third-party app requires permissions to Office 365 on behalf of the user.

 

 

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  • Sonia Cuff's avatar
    Sonia Cuff
    Steel Contributor

    This rocks! I talk to IT Pros about the fact that one of the risks of SaaS is users giving other apps access to data without you knowing. Love the fact that Microsoft has a solution to this. Solving real world security problems!