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Sensitivity Labels - External Sharing in SharePoint
I have created a Sensitivity Label that prevents External Sharing. I have applied this Sensitivity Label to a new Team that I have created and it has successfully applied to the Group and the SharePo...
Hey CraigWatson,
For now, this is expected behaviour. The label settings don't apply to any content in the container, only the container. In the example of external sharing, you are prohibiting adding guests to the group or site, but not its files.
Last I checked, there is currently a private preview of applying sensitivity labels automatically to files in SPO.