A lot of people try to protect the content of their appointments by marking them as “Private”.

Unfortunately, the mail server does not actually conceal the content. Exchange merely flags the appointments as “Private” in its design. It is the clients’ job to respect the marking.

Recommendation

Do not publish any sensitive or confidential information in Exchange appointments. Instead, communicate such information separately.

Further information in the IT ​Service catalogue ​

Text & Contact: Matteo Corti and Daniel Koch, ITS User Services