Difference between Azure Information Protection and Microsoft Information Protection

[StefanKi]

Hello,

what ist he different between Azure Information Protection and Office Labels with policies in O365 MIP)?

Regards

Stefan

[#2 · Accepted solution]

AIP is part of MIP, one of the building blocks if you will.

As for labels, one of the announcements at Ignite was the unification of AIP and SCC labels, although they are still listed as separate types in the portal, and you cannot have a single label apply both retention and encryption. So I'd give them few more months to actually deliver on what they promised (technically they promised the unified labels at last year's Ignite, but...)

Anyhow, you can watch this session for more details, I've highlighted some moments:

https://youtu.be/gmHVF-1cLXA?t=476

https://youtu.be/gmHVF-1cLXA?t=1926

[#3]

Thanks for your help.

I like the labels in O365. So I can decide to open site collection or documents only from inside the company. When it will possible to give documents labels directly in word or other office clients?

Is it possible with also AIP?

Regards

Stefan

[#4]

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"When it will possible to give documents labels directly in word or other office clients?

Is it possible with also AIP?"

For Office client, see the "Where is the feature available today?"

The Azure Information Protection unified labeling client isn't yet released to public preview but is coming soon. When it's released, it will be announced on the team's Yammer site, and you'll also see an update to this section in the Azure Information Protection documentation.