Information protection: Auto labelling policy vs Information protection: Label Policy

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automatic labelling strategies analyze the content and, depending on what is discovered inside the content, apply a label.
manual labels are available for users to use to classify the importance of documents.

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As stated in another response, Auto-Label policies are policies you configure to trigger scanning against SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Exchange Online to detect content and automatically apply a specific label when that content is detected. SPO and OD4B are scanned at rest and Exchange is scanned in transit before the email is delivered. Read more at the link below.

 

Automatically apply a sensitivity label in Microsoft 365 | Microsoft Learn

 

Label policies are what deploy the labels to your users' applications and allow your users to leverage them within M365 apps. Thes policies include settings like setting a default label and requiring a justification for downgrading a label. Read more at the link below.

 

Create and publish sensitivity labels | Microsoft Learn