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Alan_NZ
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May 23, 2024
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Sensitivity labels for images not carried over to SharePoint

Hi there,   Maybe a basic question but I've been struggling to find a definitive answer... I have a customer using the Purview Information Protection client to apply sensitivity labels locally in W...
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    May 27, 2024

    Alan_NZ 

     

    Microsoft have replied elsewhere and confirmed, unfortunately this is a hard limitation and there is currently no way to retain or activate sensitivity labels on image files (e.g. PNGs/JPGs) in SharePoint/OneDrive, even if they’ve been applied in the Purview Information Protection Client in Windows.

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1687909/can-sensitivity-labels-for-images-be-carried-into

     

    Added to the Feedback Portal to request this functionality:
    https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/2b4e24b3-ef1b-ef11-989a-000d3ae2b698

     

     

    According to the official documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels-sharepoint-onedrive-files#supported-file-types, sensitivity labels can be applied to Office files in SharePoint and OneDrive, but not to image files such as JPGs and PNGs. This is a hard limitation and there is currently no way to retain or activate sensitivity labels on image files in SharePoint/OneDrive.

     

     

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