Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams
- Type
- Availability
- Announcement date
- 2023-01-31
- Effective date
- Date not published
- Impact
- Affected
In brief
Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities
What the source says
Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: October CY2025 In development Current Channel Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Exchange Microsoft Teams OneDrive SharePoint Microsoft 365 Desktop Web
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Who is affected: The audience described by the Microsoft update is represented by: Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 up
Why it matters: The change matters because the official source describes: Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 up
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Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: October CY2025 In development Current Channel Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Exchange Microsoft Teams OneDrive SharePoint Microsoft 365 Desktop Web
source - Product Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: October CY2025 In development Current Channel Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Exchange Microsoft Teams OneDrive SharePoint Microsoft 365 Desktop Web
source - Product Microsoft Teams
Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: October CY2025 In development Current Channel Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Exchange Microsoft Teams OneDrive SharePoint Microsoft 365 Desktop Web
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Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in. GA date: January CY2027 Preview date: October CY2025 In development Current Channel Preview Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Exchange Microsoft Teams OneDrive SharePoint Microsoft 365 Desktop Web
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