Microsoft 365 will tell your boss almost immediately if you send an inappropriate message
Microsoft 365 update cuts the time to investigation from 24 hours to 60 minutes
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Microsoftwill soon roll out a new system that will help businesses identify inappropriate messages sent by employees over itsproductivityandcollaboration software.
As noted in anew entryin the company’s product roadmap, theMicrosoft 365compliance center will receive an upgrade that will cut the time it takes to identify breaches of company communication policies drastically.
“This feature will reduce the detection to investigation time to under an hour, allowing your organization to respond to communication compliance alerts promptly,” Microsoft explained.
The Microsoft 365 update is currently still under development, but is scheduled to roll out in preview in April, ahead of a full launch in the autumn.
Employee monitoring with Microsoft 365
Unbeknownst to some, many businesses constantly monitor the way in which employees interact with one another overemailand communication software.
Part of the justification for this practice, considered by some to be an unacceptable invasion of privacy, is that cybercriminal actors frequently target employees over these kinds of platforms, which can also be used by malicious insiders to exfiltrate data.
Another factor is the opportunity for business software to be used to bully or harass fellow employees, in breach of an organization’s official communications policy.
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As explained in a Microsoft 365blog post, the communication compliance facility tracks messages sent and received over email,Microsoft Teams, Yammer and third-party platforms. Once a message in breach of pre-defined policies has been identified, it is handed over to a designated team of reviewers.
After the Microsoft 365 update takes effect later this year, the time between initial detection and review will supposedly fall from roughly 24 hours to under an hour. As part of the change, Microsoft Teams users will also be encouraged to report “inappropriate or concerning messages” within chats and channels manually, aseparate roadmap entryshows.
Although businesses will certainly benefit from the upgrade, it is unclear preciselyhowMicrosoft will manage to cut the investigation time by such a significant margin.TechRadar Prois awaiting a response to a request for clarification.
Joel Khalili is the News and Features Editor at TechRadar Pro, covering cybersecurity, data privacy, cloud, AI, blockchain, internet infrastructure, 5G, data storage and computing. He’s responsible for curating our news content, as well as commissioning and producing features on the technologies that are transforming the way the world does business.
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