Secured Microsoft Teams Messages

Avanan connects with Microsoft Teams using Microsoft APIs.

As Microsoft APIs are primarily designed to tackle DLP challenges and not malware/phishing messages, they allow different security levels based on whether the sender is within the organization and whether it is a direct message or part of a team channel conversation. These limitations affect both DLP and malicious message scenarios.

Message direction

Message visible in the portal

Generate events and alerts

Block malicious messages and files

Direct Messages

Messages within the organization (Internal > Internal)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Messages sent from the organization to outside the organization (Internal > External)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Messages sent from outside the organization to the organization (External > Internal)

Yes

Yes

No

Messages sent in Microsoft Teams channels

Channels created by internal (protected) users

Messages sent by internal users

Yes

Yes

Yes

Messages sent by external users

Yes

Yes

Yes

Channel created by external users

Messages sent by internal users

No

No

No

Messages sent by external users

No

No

No