Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Data – Granular access policy controls for custom attributes

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Microsoft 365
Type: Availability
Announcement date: 2026-06-01
Effective date: Date not published
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We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionally, admins can configure whether leaders and managers are permitted to share non-public data with Workforce Insights delegates. This enhancement improves governance, flexibility, and control over organizational data access. GA date: July CY2026 Preview date: June CY2026 Launched General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft 365 admin center Web

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Who is affected: The audience described by the Microsoft update is represented by: Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Data – Granular access policy controls for custom attributes We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionall

Why it matters: The change matters because the official source describes: Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Data – Granular access policy controls for custom attributes We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionall

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Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Data – Granular access policy controls for custom attributes We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionally, admins can configure whether leaders and managers are permitted to share non-public data with Workforce Insights delegates. This enhancement improves governance, flexibility, and control over organizational data access. GA date: July CY2026 Preview date: June CY2026 Launched General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft 365 admin center Web
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Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Data – Granular access policy controls for custom attributes We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionally, admins can configure whether leaders and managers are permitted to share non-public data with Workforce Insights delegates. This enhancement improves governance, flexibility, and control over organizational data access. GA date: July CY2026 Preview date: June CY2026 Launched General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft 365 admin center Web
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Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Data – Granular access policy controls for custom attributes We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionally, admins can configure whether leaders and managers are permitted to share non-public data with Workforce Insights delegates. This enhancement improves governance, flexibility, and control over organizational data access. GA date: July CY2026 Preview date: June CY2026 Launched General Availability Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft 365 admin center Web
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