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Apr 15, 2026
Purview DLP Behaviours in SharePoint and OneDrive
We are currently testing Microsoft Purview DLP policies for user awareness across SharePoint Online, and OneDrive. The policy is configured such that sensitive information (based on a sensitivity lab...
courtney_g
Aug 11, 2026Copper Contributor
Hi there,
I have had to separate out my policies for OneDrive and SharePoint because of the difference in user experience.
When I created the OneDrive policy, it worked as expected - policy tip and greyed out the share functionality. However for SharePoint, still encountering issues where it allows a user to share but also alerts me as an admin that there has been an alert.
SharePoint has been alerting even if the user doesn't 'actively' share a file, for example, they duplicate a historic one and that has been difficult to manage.