Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Azure Storage

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure
Type: Availability
Announcement date: 2024-05-06
Effective date: Date not published
Impact: Affected

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Label-based protection support is now possible for Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and Azure Blob storage, all within Microsoft Purview information Protection. You may already know how to protect Microsoft 365 data like documents or emails with sensitivity labels, and you will now be able to apply these labels and the related protections to these additional sources. In addition, you will have a consistent framework for your sensitive information by allowing your existing label scheme and extending it to apply within these sources. GA date: August CY2025 In development General Availability Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft Purview Web

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Who is affected: The audience described by the Microsoft update is represented by: Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Azure Storage Label-based protection support is now possible for Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and Azure Blob storage, all within Microsoft Purview information Protection. You may already know how to protect Microsoft 365 data like documents or emails with sensitivity labels, and you will now be able to apply these labels and the related protections to these additional sources. In addition, you

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Azure Storage Label-based protection support is now possible for Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and Azure Blob storage, all within Microsoft Purview information Protection. You may already know how to protect Microsoft 365 data like documents or emails with sensitivity labels, and you will now be able to apply these labels and the related protections to these additional sources. In addition, you will have a consistent framework for your sensitive information by allowing your existing label scheme and extending it to apply within these sources. GA date: August CY2025 In development General Availability Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft Purview Web
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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Azure Storage Label-based protection support is now possible for Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and Azure Blob storage, all within Microsoft Purview information Protection. You may already know how to protect Microsoft 365 data like documents or emails with sensitivity labels, and you will now be able to apply these labels and the related protections to these additional sources. In addition, you will have a consistent framework for your sensitive information by allowing your existing label scheme and extending it to apply within these sources. GA date: August CY2025 In development General Availability Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft Purview Web
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Product Microsoft Azure
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Azure Storage Label-based protection support is now possible for Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and Azure Blob storage, all within Microsoft Purview information Protection. You may already know how to protect Microsoft 365 data like documents or emails with sensitivity labels, and you will now be able to apply these labels and the related protections to these additional sources. In addition, you will have a consistent framework for your sensitive information by allowing your existing label scheme and extending it to apply within these sources. GA date: August CY2025 In development General Availability Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft Purview Web
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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection - Sensitivity labels protection policy support for Azure Storage Label-based protection support is now possible for Azure Data Lake Gen 2 and Azure Blob storage, all within Microsoft Purview information Protection. You may already know how to protect Microsoft 365 data like documents or emails with sensitivity labels, and you will now be able to apply these labels and the related protections to these additional sources. In addition, you will have a consistent framework for your sensitive information by allowing your existing label scheme and extending it to apply within these sources. GA date: August CY2025 In development General Availability Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Microsoft Purview Web
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