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Send Org Data to Other Apps

Implementation Effort: Low

User Impact: Medium

Overview​

The Send org data to other apps setting is one of the most important APP controls because it governs whether work data can leave a managed app and which destinations are allowed. In Zero Trust terms, this is a primary containment boundary for mobile productivity apps.

Most organizations should not leave this set to All apps. The usual decision is between Policy managed apps for balanced productivity and None for higher-sensitivity populations where data must not be handed off to any other mobile app.

Implementation Guidance​

  1. Edit the relevant Android or iOS/iPadOS app protection policy in the Microsoft Intune admin center and review the Data protection section.
  2. Select the setting value deliberately: Policy managed apps is a common enterprise baseline; Policy managed apps with Open-In and Share filtering is useful where supported and where the goal is to present only approved apps in sharing menus; None is appropriate for highly sensitive populations; All apps should generally be treated as an exception, not a default.
  3. Coordinate this setting with Restrict web content transfer with other apps, Allow user to save copies to selected services, and the approved browser and storage app strategy so the user experience is consistent.
  4. Document the list of supported Microsoft and line-of-business apps that are expected to participate in APP data transfer. If a required app is not APP-capable, decide whether to onboard it properly or redesign the workflow instead of weakening the policy broadly.
  5. Pilot the experience end to end: share from Outlook to Teams, OneDrive, Word, and an unmanaged personal app; verify the policy blocks or allows exactly what the business expects.

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