Information Rights Management (IRM), available in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, allows individuals to specify access permissions to e-mail messages. By using IRM, it helps prevent sensitive information from being printed, forwarded, or copied by unauthorized people. Your organization must install and deploy IRM before you can use it.
For more information about IRM in Office Outlook 2007, see Introduction to using IRM for e-mail messages.
Running Windows lace w:st="on">Vistalace> The Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) Client is already installed. Go to the following section, Step 2: Download permissions.
Running Microsoft Windows XP The Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) Client Service Pack 1 (SP1) must be installed on your computer either by you or your RMS administrator. To install IRM, you should start with Step 1: Install the Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) Client.
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If you use a computer that is running Windows Vista, the Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) Client is already installed.
- In Windows XP, click the Start button, and then click Control Panel.
- Click Add or Remove Programs, and then click Add or Remove Programs.
- Click Add New Programs.
- In the list of programs, click Windows Rights Management Services Client, and then click Add.
Note In Classic view, double-click Add or Remove Programs, and then in the left pane, click Add New Programs. In the list of programs, click Windows Rights Management Services Client, and then click Add.
Alternatively, when you first try to open files that have been rights managed by using IRM, the 2007 Office release prompts you to download the Windows Rights Management Services Client if you are running a computer without that software. For more information about the Windows Rights Management Services Client, visit the Windows Rights Management Services Web site.