Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Information Protection – Optical character recognition (OCR) support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business

With this update, you will be able to detect and protect sensitive content in images in SharePoint Online and OneDrive and subsequently apply DLP policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and BMP.

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management – Scope the administration of retention and retention label policies (U.S. government clouds)

Organizations can leverage Administrative Units in Azure Active Directory to define who can configure and manage policies in Microsoft Purview. This update will include the ability to set a Records Management admin for a specific geography, department, or other unit, who can manage retention and retention label policies for their unit.

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Access: Modern Web Browser Control

Access will provide a new web browser control to support Chromium Edge. This provides an updated browser experience within Access.

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New My Groups Experience

We will be replacing the existing My Groups experience at mygroups.microsoft.com with a new and improved My Groups, now available at myaccount.microsoft.com/groups in mid-May 2023. 

My Groups enables end users to easily manage groups, such as finding groups to join, managing groups they own, and managing existing group memberships. Based on customer feedback, we’ve also added:

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Outlook: Support Pop-up Messages in Outlook that Warn/Justify/Block Emails Being sent with Sensitivity Labels

Outlook for desktop native sensitivity labeling will support oversharing pop-up dialogue as am AIP plug-in to warn, justify or block emails being sent.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 100255

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Custom Templates Available for Whiteboard

Saving and sharing templates in Microsoft Whiteboard allows you to create and save customized layouts and content that can be used to create new whiteboards quickly and efficiently.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 98085

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Updates to Sensitive Information Types (SITs) definitions

In our continued efforts to be in line with latest published definitions, and to improve the accuracy of out-of-the box sensitive information types (SIT), we have updated the definition of 4 existing SITs. 

When this will happen:

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Microsoft Defender for Office 365: Introducing the new Post-delivery Activities Report

The new Post-delivery activities report will provide you with information on all things Zero Hour Auto-Purge (ZAP). From the report, you can view messages that were initially delivered but were later moved due to a threat.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 117516

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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Exact Data Match industry-specific sample files

Microsoft Purview is introducing a library of industry-specific sample files for the Exact Data Match (EDM) solution.

When this will happen:

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General availability of additional classifiers for Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance

Currently available in public preview, we’re rolling out several new classifiers for Communication Compliance to assist you in detecting various types of workplace policy violations.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 93253, 93254, 93255, 93256, 93257, 93258.

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