Tessian
Seamless AIP/RMS Integration with Secure, Scalable Delivery
The Challenge:
- Required standalone code modules for email security integration with Microsoft’s Rights Management Service (RMS) and Azure Information Protection (AIP)
- Tight deadline requiring production-ready solution by mid-September
- Complex technical requirements including reverse-engineering due to lack of official Microsoft SDK libraries
- Need for processing various document formats (emails, MS Office, PDF, PFILE) with classification metadata
- Required SSO authentication without user interaction for seamless integration
- High-risk project due to experimental nature and absence of official support documentation
Our Solution:
Delivered comprehensive development service using phased approach with POC validation followed by production implementation. Created standalone code modules capable of RMS/AIP labelling, classification metadata processing, and document protection management. Implemented reverse-engineering solution to handle Microsoft’s unofficial SDK requirements and developed working POC to validate technical feasibility before full production delivery.
Key Features and Benefits
- AIP format classification metadata writing and reading capabilities
RMS and Azure-RMS protected email processing with re-classification functionality - MS Office and PDF document protection management
- PFILE format document processing with classification controls
- ZIP file attachment nested document protection handling
- SSO authentication integration without user interaction requirements
- Shared code repository with immediate asset visibility
- Two-phase delivery: POC validation followed by production modules
- 100% compatibility achieved with Tessian’s Outlook plug-in integration requirements
- Production-ready delivery met tight mid-September deadline
- Risk mitigation through POC phase validating technical assumptions
- Comprehensive document format support covering all major business file types
- Seamless SSO integration eliminating user friction in security workflows
- Scalable solution enabling future expansion of security capabilities
- Successfully navigated complex reverse-engineering challenges
- Established foundation for ongoing Microsoft security technology integration
