Requirement #4 for Azure Rights Management: Applications

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Yoshi Munchakoopas
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Introduction

The following applications natively support Azure RMS, which means that RMS is tightly integrated into these applications by using RMS APIs to support usage restrictions. These applications are also known as "RMS-enlightened".

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook) from the following suites can protect content by using Azure RMS:

Other editions of Office (with the exception of Office 2007) can consume protected content.

Note

Azure RMS with Office Professional Plus 2010 or Office Professional 2010 requires the Rights Management sharing application for Windows, and is not supported on Windows 10.

The Rights Management sharing application for Windows

For more information about the Rights Management sharing application for Windows, see the following resources:

The Rights Management sharing application for mobile platforms

For more information about the Rights Management sharing application for mobile platforms, see the following resources:

Other applications that support the RMS APIs

For more information about the SDK, see the Microsoft Rights Management SDK.

Important

The following applications are not currently supported by Azure RMS:

  • Microsoft Office for Mac 2011
  • Microsoft OneDrive for Business for SharePoint Server 2013
  • XPS Viewer

In addition, on Windows computers, the RMS sharing application requires a minimum version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1.

For more information about how these applications support Azure RMS, see How Applications Support Azure Rights Management.

For information about how to configure them, see Configuring Applications for Azure Rights Management.