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(Preview) Dynamic watermarking for sensitivity labels in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

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Camille_Birch
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Jul 11, 2024
Sensitivity labels from Microsoft Purview Information Protection offer highly effective controls to limit access to sensitive files and to prevent users from taking inappropriate actions such as prin...
Updated Jul 10, 2024
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Jul 19, 2024

Hi Gonçalo! Thank you for your feedback. For highly sensitive files for which admins are concerned about data exfiltration, it is recommended that the sensitivity label is configured to not grant EXPORT usage rights. Similarly, admins should also consider not granting EXTRACT usage rights to prevent users from copying data out of the file and pasting it into another, non-watermarked location. When printing or using Print to PDF, the watermarks will be 'stamped' into the file content.