Microsoft Teams end-to-end encrypted calling capabilities are officially launched

IT House December 15 news, Microsoft announced as early as March 2021 that it will bring end-to-end encryption (E2EE) calling capabilities to Teams, which was also previously launched in the Teams beta version. According to foreign media mspoweruser, this feature is currently officially launched in the official version of the Teams client, and all users can turn it on in the settings.

It should be noted that this feature is limited to one-on-one calls, requires both parties to be turned on at the same time, and does not support group chat voice. In addition, when the feature is turned on, the following features are not available during a call:

Call recording

Real-time subtitle transcription and translation

Call forwarding (various rules)

Call hold

Call consolidation

Cal Companion, which enables calls to be transferred to another device

Add participants and turn them into group calls

IT Home learned that the latest versions of teams Windows and Mac clients have supported end-to-end encrypted call functionality, but mobile and web versions are not supported.