SharePoint Online Information Rights Management (IRM) leverages the Azure Rights Management service to encrypt data and assign usage policies or restrictions. IRM allows you to restrict actions, such as printing or copying data or using Print Screen to capture a screenshot. Information Rights Management requires a subscription with Rights Management Services features enabled.
Information Rights Management can be applied to document lists and libraries and can protect PDF, XPS, and Office document versions for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 97 and newer. IRM protections are applied to content as it is downloaded from SharePoint Online. The IRM protection does have drawbacks, however:
- IRM-protected documents cannot be edited in a browser.
- IRM-protected documents do not support real-time co-authoring.
- IRM-protected documents require an IRM...
