323899 – Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for embedded images in Exchange Online

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check before: 2025-02-01

Product:

Exchange, Purview Communication Compliance, Teams

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Online, US Instances, Web, World tenant

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In development

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This release will extend OCR support in Exchange online from standalone images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, PDF) to images embedded inside following files: 1. Office: Images embedded inside XLSX, DOCX, PPTX files. 2. PDF: Image-only PDF files are already supported. This release will support hybrid PDF files containing images and searchable text. 3. Container files such as ZIP, RAR, 7Z, BZ and more.

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Release Phase:
General Availability, Preview

Created:
2024-01-04

updated:
2024-09-05

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Direct effects for Operations**

- Direct Impact on IT Operations
- Increased Resource Utilization
- The implementation of OCR for embedded images may lead to higher CPU and memory usage on Exchange Online servers.
- Roles impacted: IT Operations Team, System Administrators
- Potential Downtime During Implementation
- The deployment of this feature could require scheduled maintenance, leading to temporary unavailability of Exchange Online services.
- Roles impacted: IT Operations Team, Help Desk Support

- Direct Impact on IT Services
- Enhanced Compliance Monitoring
- The new OCR capabilities will improve the ability to monitor compliance across various document types, potentially leading to increased scrutiny and reporting requirements.
- Roles impacted: Compliance Officers, IT Security Team
- Dependency on Other Services
- The OCR functionality may depend on the performance of related services such as Microsoft Teams and SharePoint, which could experience latency or issues if not properly integrated.
- Roles impacted: IT Service Management, Application Support Teams

References:
- Microsoft Purview Compliance Documentation: [Microsoft Documentation](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/purview-compliance-portal?view=o365-worldwide)
- Exchange Online Service Health: [Microsoft Service Health](https://status.office365.com/)

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change history

DatePropertyoldnew
2024-09-05RM ReleaseAugust CY2024February CY2025
2024-09-05RM PreviewJune CY2024January CY2025
2024-05-30RM ReleaseJune CY2024August CY2024
2024-05-30RM PreviewMay CY2024June CY2024
2024-03-01RM US gov onlyTrueFalse
2024-03-01RM Cloud Instance TagsGCCWorldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
2024-02-17RM TitleMicrosoft Purview compliance portal: Object Character Recognition (OCR) support for embedded images in Exchange Online and Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for embedded images in Exchange Online
2024-02-09RM DescriptionWe are extending the Object Character Recognition (OCR) for Exchange Online and Microsoft Teams in Microsoft Purview to support images embedded in more file types such as: Hybrid PDF files, which are PDF files with both images and searchable text, Microsoft Office files with the extensions DOCX, PPTX, XLSX , Container files such as zip, rar, 7z, and more.This release will extend OCR support in Exchange online from standalone images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, PDF) to images embedded inside following files: 1. Office: Images embedded inside XLSX, DOCX, PPTX files. 2. PDF: Image-only PDF files are already supported. This release will support hybrid PDF files containing images and searchable text. 3. Container files such as ZIP, RAR, 7Z, BZ and more.
2024-02-06RM Release PhaseGeneral AvailabilityGeneral Availability, Preview
2024-02-06RM PreviewMay CY2024

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