About Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 administrators

April 22, 2024

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Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 provides two types of administrator rights: Administrator and Quarantine administrator.

You can grant administrator rights to other users directly in the Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Management Console as described later in this section.

You can revoke administrator rights from a user either in the Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Management Console or in the Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud Management Console. In either case, the user will no longer be able to manage any workspaces of the related company on the Kaspersky Business Hub.

You cannot revoke administrator rights from yourself or from a user who was granted administrator rights for integration with an MSP solution.

Administrator

A Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Administrator is a user whose account has permissions to manage all Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 operations and monitor its activities. An Administrator can manage Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 and receive notifications about application operations only after registering on the Kaspersky Business Hub.

The users that are granted administrator rights in Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 also acquire Kaspersky Business Hub administrator rights within an organization.

Also, the following users automatically become Administrators of Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365:

  • A Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud administrator who creates a company workspace for Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365.
  • A user who is granted administrator rights for the Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud workspace of the same company on the Kaspersky Business Hub.
  • A user who is granted administrator rights (by means of Kaspersky Security Integrations for MSP) for integration with an MSP solution.

Quarantine administrator

A Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Quarantine administrator is a user whose account has permissions to manage Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Quarantine and reports activities only. A Quarantine administrator can manage Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Quarantine, generate instant reports for a custom time range and receive notifications about application operations only after registering on the Kaspersky Business Hub.

A Quarantine administrator can perform the following actions within the Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Quarantine:

  • View the details of quarantined items.
  • Filter the list of quarantined items.
  • Preview content of quarantined Exchange Online messages.
  • Delete quarantined items.
  • Release quarantined items.
  • Save quarantined items to disk.
  • Export the list of quarantined items.

Quarantine administrator rights can be granted via Kaspersky Security for Microsoft Office 365 Management Console only.

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