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Product:
Exchange, Purview, Purview Data Loss Prevention
Platform:
Online, Web, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
Links:
Details:
Granular Protections for Exchange Online is available in public preview. This release gives administrators fine-grained control to create DLP policies based on specific classification or text extraction failure types — such as timeout, throttling and other scan errors — rather than one blanket policy for all failure conditions.
Change Category:
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Scope:
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Release Phase:
General Availability, Preview
Created:
2026-05-12
updated:
2026-05-12
Public Preview Start Date
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MS workload name
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summary for non-techies**
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Direct effects for Operations**
Granular DLP Policy Implementation
Without proper preparation, the implementation of granular DLP policies may lead to misconfigurations, resulting in unintended data exposure or loss due to incorrect policy settings.
- roles: IT Administrator, Compliance Officer
- references: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-identity/microsoft-purview-data-loss-prevention-granular-classification/ba-p/3741230
User Experience Disruption
Changes in DLP policies without adequate user training can lead to confusion and frustration among users, as they may encounter unexpected restrictions or alerts when accessing or sharing data.
- roles: End User, IT Support
- references: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/security-compliance-identity/microsoft-purview-data-loss-prevention-granular-classification/ba-p/3741230
Configutation Options**
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Data Protection**
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IT Security**
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explanation for non-techies**
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