SharePoint Talk: Azure Information Protection Part II

Montag, 21. Mai 2018

Azure Information Protection Part II – PowerShell

This article is on overview about the functions and scenarios using PowerShell in the context of Azure Information Protection. Everything in this article is based on the official Microsoft documentation.

Microsoft published a brilliant Admin Guide about using PowerShell with Azure Information Protection containing all details and scenarios: Admin Guide: Using PowerShell with the Azure Information Protection client.

Overview

In Azure Information Protection we can use PowerShell to:

Administering Azure Information Protection
Configuration for the super user feature
Using Azure Information Protection
Work with the AIP Scanner

Azure Information Protection knows two PowerShell modules.

AADRM: These cmdlets are used to administer the protection service (Azure Rights Management) for Azure Information Protection.
AzureInformationProtection: These cmdlets are used to protect files, label files, and get information about files.

First step is to install the AADRM PowerShell module. To do this open PowerShell and use: Install-Module -Name AADRM. For more details and requirements about how to install AADRM PowerShell modules read this article: Installing the AADRM PowerShell module

To get an overview of all cmdlets use: Get-Command -Module AADRM or look at this list: Cmdlets grouped by administration task

The AzureInformationProtection cmdlets are part of the Azure Information Protection client. These cmdlets can be used with Azure Information Protection, the protection service (Azure Rights Management), and Active Directory Rights Management Services (AD RMS).

To get an overview of all cmdlets use: Get-Command -Module AzureInformationProtection

Main scenarios and some examples

We can use PowerShell for AIP for classification and protection. Let’s have a deeper look on some typical scenarios:

Scenario 1: remove protection from files for others using your own account

In this scenario we need PowerShell to configure the “super user feature”. In addition, we need to configure your account to be a super user for Azure Rights Management. To enable the super user feature, use the PowerShell cmdlet Enable-AadrmSuperUserFeature To assign your user or a groups we can use the Add-AadrmSuperUser cmdlet.

To get a complete overview about the super user feature in AIP refer to this official article: Configuring super users for Azure Rights Management and discovery services or data recovery

The super user feature is also needed if we need to index mailboxes for search operations or if DLP solutions. CEG or anti-malware products can also use the super user to inspect files that are protected by AIP.

Scenario 2: protect or unprotect files without user interaction

First step in this scenario is to connect to Azure Rights Management Service by using this cmdlet: Connect-AadrmService. To login enter your Azure Information Protection tenant administrator credentials.

To get an overview about the ARM instants and to verify that the login was successful use: Get-AadrmConfiguration. The result will be something like this for example:

In the next step we will use PowerShell to get a list of all available Labels using this cmdlet: Get-RMSTemplate. In my example it looks like this:

Now we can to several things:

Protect a file: Protect-RMSFile -File C:\Test.docx -InPlace -TemplateId e6ee3481-26b9-45g5-b33a-f774escd43b0
Protect all files in a folder: Protect-RMSFile -Folder \ServerABC\Docs -InPlace -TemplateId e6ee3481-26b9-45g5-b33a-f774escd43b0
Get the status of a file: Get-RMSFileStatus -File \Server1\Documents\TestABC.docx
Remove protection: Unprotect-RMSFile C:\testDoc1.docx -InPlace

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