Turning off the ability to download and install Office – Within Office 365.
Do you wish to prevent your users from downloading and installing Office, especially on their home computers and non-work devices?
Employees, Staff, Executives and Board Members can install OneDrive or Outlook onto unsecured devices may put the company and client data at risk.
It’s simply not worth the risk so preventing employees from being able to install Office and/or Skype applications direct from the web portal is an easy way to mitigate this risk.
To remove the option to download and install Office Applications, log into the Office 365 Admin Center (https://admin.microsoft.com/).
Click on ‘Settings’, Then ‘Org Settings’ - Then click on ‘Office software download settings’
When the blade loads, untick the ‘Apps for Windows and mobile devices’ and ‘Apps for Mac’ options.
Now when your users login to Office 365, they will now be presented with:
Preventing employees, staff, board members, etc from being able to download and install office applications helps you maintain control and access to your data. This is a very basic step but one which is easy to implement and provides real benefit.
