Testing the installation and configuration

The following section provides some basic guidelines around some initial tests to prove that the eperi sEcure Platform is intercepting and encrypting sensitive data in your Microsoft 365 instance.

Before you begin

If you are currently logged in to your Microsoft 365 tenant as an administrator, then log out, and log back in as your test user.
Note: The procedure described below is only valid if the eperi sEcure Platform has been configured as reverse proxy, see section Configuring eperi sEcure Platform as a reverse proxy for Microsoft 365.

Procedure

  1. Log into Microsoft 365 via the eperi sEcure Platform:
    1. Open a web browser, and enter the appropriate URL (login. followed by your eperi sEcure Platform hostname) e.g. https://login.demo.eperi-cdp.com.
    2. Enter the username / password of your test user (e.g. test.user@demo.eperi-cdp.com).
    Once logged in, you should see the Microsoft 365 home screen with a number of application tiles.
    The URL in your browser should show something like this: https://office.demo.eperi-cdp.com.

    If your eperi sEcure Platform hostname does not show in the URL, then your configuration may be wrong, and sensitive data may not get encrypted.
  2. Test the email encryption:
    1. In Microsoft 365, click the Mail app tile.
    2. Create a new email from within your browser and enter an address into the To: field, as well as a subject and body.
    3. Click Save draft, and the newly composed item should be saved to the Drafts folder. This will be sent later.
  3. Log into Microsoft 365 directly to confirm that the email is encrypted:
    1. Open another browser window or tab.
    2. Log in to Microsoft 365 directly, using the following URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com
    3. You should now enter the username / password of your test user (e.g. test.user@demo.eperi-cdp.com).
    4. Click the Mail app tile.
    5. Open up the Drafts folder, and confirm that the previously created email is saved in Drafts, and that the email is encrypted.
  4. Return to the browser window connected through the eperi sEcure Platform:
    1. Open up the previously created email from your Drafts folder.
    2. Ensure there is a valid recipient in the To: field (a mailbox you have access to) and send the email.
  5. Check that the email has been received by the recipient as is still unencrypted.
    1. Reply to the email and enter a response in the body of the email.
    2. Click Send.
  6. Return to your browser window connected via the eperi sEcure Platform.
  7. Read the response, which should be unencrypted.