<p>Microsoft has announced its plans of automatically encrypting emails on its Office 365 service by early 2014 through its new feature which it calls Office 365 Message Encryption.</p><p>Under this new feature emails sent to recipients outside of their own company will be automatically encrypted regardless of the destination. Shobhit Sahay, product marketing manager on the Microsoft Exchange team, noted in a blog post that the messages will be automatically encrypted no matter what the destination of the email is "Outlook.com, Yahoo, Gmail, Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, GroupWise, Squirrel Mail, or name it-you can."</p><p>Further, automatic encryption will also be enforced to all replies and forwards of the original messages says Microsoft.</p><p>Microsoft is expected roll out this feature in early 2014 and will be made available for free of cost to Office 365 E3 and E4 users. Office 365 Message Encryption will also be provided with the standalone version of Windows Azure Rights Management for free.</p><p></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-office-2013-service-pack-1-to-arrive-in-early-2014-7000023505/">Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 to arrive in early 2014</a> (ZDNet)</p><p><a href="http://windowsitpro.com/blog/office-365-message-encryption-protect-your-email-against-spooks">Office 365 Message Encryption: Protect your email against the spooks</a> (WindowsItPro (subscription) (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dyJYFOAWCbfKlXM4_LtwmJgjtviCM&ned=us">46 additional articles.</a></p>