janusSEAL for Outlook Lite

Augments Outlook 2007 Professional in Exchange 2007

janusSEAL for Outlook Lite is an add-in for Microsoft® Outlook® that augments the message classification features available in Outlook 2007 Professional when used in an Exchange 2007 environment. Normally, janusSEAL for Outlook Lite is centrally deployed and configured so that organisations can enforce a classification policy.

Native message classification features of Exchange 2007 when used in Outlook 2007 Professional allow the sender to optionally specify a classification for the message:

However, the Exchange/Outlook 2007 message classification capability may not meet all the functionality required by an organisation. They can fall short of expectations in a number of areas:

• the sender is not forced to specify a classification for every message they send
• the sender cannot apply a security classification to meeting request messages
• the classification can only be set when using Outlook 2007 Professional

Each of these shortcomings can make the implementation of Exchange 2007 Transport Rules more complicated, and weaken the effectiveness of security policy.

janusSEAL for Outlook Lite addresses these shortcomings. The product is installed at staff workstations, and as an add-in to Microsoft Outlook, extends the behaviour of Outlook to meet the security classification functionality expected by the organisation.

Summary of Features

Forces classification of all sent messages and meeting requests

janusSEAL for Outlook Lite enhances the native message classification features of Exchange/Outlook 2007:

1. if the sender does not specify a classification using the Outlook 2007 "permissions drop-list" in the toolbar, then janusSEAL for Outlook Lite shows a classification dialog in which the user must select a classification before the message is sent
2. when sending appointment requests, janusSEAL for Outlook Lite will show its classification dialog and the user must select a classification before the meeting request is sent. Without janusSEAL for Outlook Lite it is not possible to classify appointment requests.
3. operates with Outlook 2007 Standard and Professional, and Outlook 2003.

Minimal configuration

janusSEAL for Outlook Lite uses the same configuration information as used by Outlook 2007 for message classifications. Once an organisation has successfully configured and deployed the configuration settings for Exchange 2007 message classifications, janusSEAL for Outlook Lite is almost ready to go. The only additional configuration settings needed by it to work is the license information - these details are simply deployed via Microsoft Group Policy.

janusSEAL for Outlook Lite is not as configurable as janusSEAL for Outlook - if you want more control over how classifications are displayed, ordered and what fields they write to the message then you need to use janusSEAL for Outlook. janusSEAL for Outlook Lite will never provide such advanced configuration controls as it is the lightweight version of janusSEAL.

Unlocks message classifications for Outlook 2007 Standard and Outlook 2003

The standard message classification features of Outlook 2007 are part of the Microsoft Information Rights Management (IRM) capabilities of Office 2007 and is only available in Outlook 2007 Professional. This is the more expensive version of Outlook that is available as part of Office Professional Plus 2007, Office Enterprise 2007 and Office Ultimate 2007 - see Outlook 2007 suite comparison.

janusSEAL for Outlook Lite works in both Outlook 2007 Standard and Outlook 2003 so organisations do not have to purchase Outlook 2007 Professional to obtain the benefits of Exchange 2007 message classifications.

Summary of Specifications

janusSEAL for Outlook Lite is compatible with Microsoft® Outlook® 2007 Professional and Standard and Outlook® 2003 on either Windows® Vista® Business or Windows® XP Professional. Click here for greater technical detail about janusSEAL for Outlook Lite.