Configure Information Rights Management (Windows SharePoint Services)

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Applies To: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

 

Information Rights Management (IRM) helps protect sensitive files from being misused or distributed without permission after they are downloaded.

Important

Before using IRM, you must have a Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS) server to connect to and you must have installed the Windows Rights Management Services Client Service Pack 2 on every front-end Web server in the farm running Windows SharePoint Services 3.0. For more information about IRM as it is implemented by Rights Management Services, see RMS FAQ (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=230459).

  1. On the top navigation bar, click Operations.

  2. In the Security Configuration section, click Information Rights Management.

  3. On the Information Rights Management page, in the Information Rights Management section, select one of the following:

    • Do not use IRM on this server   Select this option if you do not want to use IRM.

    • Use the default RMS server specified in Active Directory   Select this option if your organization has specified the RMS server in Active Directory.

    • Use this RMS server   If you select this option, type the protocol and the RMS server name in the corresponding box (for example, type http://rms_server).

  4. Click OK.