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Ant_PFR_1973
Jul 23, 2025Copper Contributor
Blocking Downloads in Purview
 Hi guys, hoping someone can help out with this : is there a away to block the download of sensitive documents in Purview? ; e:g, you've created a Highly Confidential sensitivity label and as part of ...
Aug 01, 2025
Hi Ant_PFR_1973ā, if you are looking for blocking download scenario for external users, check out the Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps (MDCA) solution which integrates with Information Protection. The use case is described in this article Commonly used information protection policies - Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Microsoft Learn.
The use case "Block downloads for external users in real time" is a combination of Conditional Access policy which uses a session a session control to kick in MDCA and then combine external user and labels (this is not part of the learn article, but you can configure it as additional condition.
Ant_PFR_1973
Aug 03, 2025Copper Contributor
Thak you Bram !!