495000 – Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Purview Information Protection – Support for Cross Cloud Protected Files

Product:

Purview, Purview Communication Compliance, Purview compliance portal, Purview Information Protection

Platform:

Android, iOS, Mac, US Instances, Windows Desktop, World tenant

Status:

Launched

Change type:

Links:

MC1147390

Details:

This feature will enable customers working across cloud boundaries - worldwide cloud to GCC High or Microsoft 365 operated by 21-Vianet, to share files protected with Purview Information Protection sensitivity labels. Recipients in the other cloud will be able to view, edit, print, and more based on rights assigned by the document owner.

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Scope:
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Release Phase:
General Availability, Preview

Created:
2025-06-11

updated:
2026-01-21

Public Preview Start Date

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summary for non-techies**

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Direct effects for Operations**

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explanation for non-techies**

Imagine you have a secure filing cabinet where you keep important documents. You have different keys for different people, allowing them to do specific things with the documents inside, like read, edit, or print them. Now, imagine you have two offices in different parts of the world, each with its own filing cabinet system. Traditionally, it was difficult to share documents securely between these two systems because the keys didn't work across both locations.

Microsoft Purview Information Protection is like a new, universal key system that works across these different office locations. It allows you to label your documents with sensitivity labels, which act like digital keys. These labels determine what someone can do with a document, such as viewing or editing it. With the new feature, you can now share these labeled documents across different cloud environments, like from a worldwide cloud to a specialized government cloud (GCC High) or to Microsoft 365 operated by 21-Vianet in China.

This means that if you're working in one cloud environment and need to share a protected document with someone in another, you can do so without losing control over who can access the document and what they can do with it. It's like being able to send a document from one office to another and knowing that the person on the other end can open it with the same level of security and permissions as you intended. This is particularly useful for organizations that operate in multiple regions or have to comply with different regulatory requirements.