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SamTeerlinck
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Oct 07, 2021
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Apply sensitivity label to all documents in a Sharepoint

Hi,   Currently we have a client that wants to start implementing Information Protection labels. (Licenses = M365 E3 + M365 E5 Security) What they would like is to apply labels based on what Sh...
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    thijoubertold
    Oct 07, 2021

    Hello,
    You can indeed use MCAS for your purpose. However, I am not sure that it is possible to target a SharePoint site. With a library it is possible.
    Joanne KLEIN explains how to do this: https://joannecklein.com/2020/03/30/microsoft-cloud-app-security-and-sensitivity-labels/

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thijoubertold
Iron Contributor
Oct 07, 2021

Hello,
You can indeed use MCAS for your purpose. However, I am not sure that it is possible to target a SharePoint site. With a library it is possible.
Joanne KLEIN explains how to do this: https://joannecklein.com/2020/03/30/microsoft-cloud-app-security-and-sensitivity-labels/

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DaveM365
Copper Contributor
Oct 07, 2021
You can indeed use MCAS for this, but there is a low limit on the number of such policies you can use for this purpose, so it's not very scalable.

Adding this functionality to SharePoint directly is on the current roadmap; I'd wait for that.

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