Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Improved Data Loss Prevention policy tips

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection will update DLP policy tips for consistency across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows, aligning with SharePoint Online and OneDrive. Public Preview begins early June 2024, with General Availability starting mid-July 2024. No admin action is required before rollout.

Through Microsoft Purview | Information Protection, and for greater consistency and reliability, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Windows will soon display the same Data Loss Prevention policy tips that admins have set in their tenants for files on Microsoft SharePoint Online and Microsoft OneDrive sites.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 383018.

When this will happen:

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early June 2024 and expect to complete by mid-June 2024.

General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete by late July 2024.

How this will affect your organization:

DLP policy tips will no longer be shown when a user is offline.

What you need to do to prepare:

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to update any relevant documentation as appropriate

We will update this comm before rollout with revised documentation.

You can access the Information Protection solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.

Message ID: MC790795


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