Email Installation for Admins

This article provides installation steps for Secure Email to help you get started.

Caution

If you do not yet have an XQ account and Product licences, see our article on Getting Started for Admins.

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Email Infrastructure and Administration

When deploying XQ Secure Email on Outlook, there are a few very important steps that need to be taken before setting the team up with the XQ Outlook Enterprise add-in. Specifically, XQ needs to be connected to SharePoint to ensure encrypted email data can be stored within your infrastructure.

1. It is generally recommended to set up a new Sharepoint Site.
2. Please follow the steps in the linked article to ensure Offloading is set up correctly for Outlook: XQ Outlook Enterprise – Offloading

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Deploying Secure Email

Outlook

• Recommended: Microsoft admins can also install the add-in for their entire Microsoft 365 Group. This installation method is suitable for integrating XQ into your whole team’s Outlook email accounts.
• It is also possible for Outlook users to install Secure Email using the add-in. With the add-in, users can encrypt messages and attachments directly from their Outlook account. This installation method must be completed on each account individually.
• Don’t use the XQ Secure Email add-in from the Microsoft Marketplace for licensed teams. It doesn’t support policies.

Note

Organizations using SharePoint offloading don’t need this step. If your organization is not able to set up SharePoint offloading and users offload to their own OneDrive, an administrator needs to grant admin consent for XQ Cloud Link – Azure.

Gmail

• Gmail users can install Secure Email using XQ’s Chrome Extension. With the Chrome Extension installed, users can encrypt messages and attachments directly from their Gmail accounts. This installation method must be completed on each account individually.
• Google admins can also install XQ’s Chrome Extension for their entire group. This installation method is suitable for integrating XQ into your whole team’s Gmail accounts.

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Set up Data Policies

We recommend using our Data Loss Prevention and Data Access Policies to implement security-focused business practices within the inbox of each team member.