Designing and Implementing AD RMS Integration

In this section, we will discuss the integration of AD RMS with Exchange Server 2010, starting with an overview of the AD RMS technology in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2.

AD RMS Overview

AD RMS is information-protection or information rights management (IRM) technology that provides organizations with the means to better safeguard sensitive information. It does this by enforcing policy through applying persistent protection to the e-mail or document, allowing the publishers of confidential e-mail messages and documents to control who can view their content. This is done using public key technology using XrML (Extensible Rights Markup Language)–based certificates.

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AD RMS is not a replacement ...

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