check before: 2025-07-01
Product:
Microsoft 365 suite, Purview, Purview Communication Compliance, Purview compliance portal, Purview Information Protection
Platform:
Online, Web, World tenant
Status:
Rolling out
Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message
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Details:
Summary:
Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity labels by simplifying them into labels and label groupings for easier management. Manual migration with a wizard is available for some tenants; others will be auto-migrated by mid-March 2026. Users won’t notice changes, and admins can adjust labels post-migration. No action is required before rollout.
Details:
Updated February 13, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings.
This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate.
Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration.
If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance).
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900.
[When this will happen:]
Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by mid-March 2026 (previously end of January). As part of GA, customers with non-applicable parents will be auto migrated to the modern label scheme while migration for customers with applicable parents will continue to be opt-in for 12 months post-GA. We will auto-migrate customers with applicable parents to the modern label scheme once the 12-month extension ends.
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General Availability, Preview
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2025-07-09
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2026-02-14
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft is updating its Purview Information Protection system to simplify sensitivity label management by introducing label groupings, with a migration tool available for some users and automatic updates by March 2026.
Direct effects for Operations**
Label Management Complexity
Without preparation, admins may struggle with the new label grouping structure, leading to confusion in managing sensitivity labels and potential misconfigurations.
- roles: IT Admin, Compliance Officer
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=386900
User Experience Disruption
If users are not informed about the changes, they may experience confusion or frustration when applying labels, despite the intention that they won't notice changes.
- roles: End User, Data Steward
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=386900
Documentation and Training Gaps
Failure to update documentation and provide training on the new label scheme may lead to improper usage and compliance risks, as users may not understand the new structure.
- roles: Training Coordinator, IT Support
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=386900
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2026-02-14 | MC Last Updated | 12/19/2025 00:46:20 | 2026-02-14T00:08:10Z |
| 2026-02-14 | MC Messages | Updated December 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents. General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by end of January 2026 (previously late December 2025). As part of GA, customers with non-applicable parents will be auto migrated to the modern label scheme while migration for customers with applicable parents will continue to be opt-in for 12 months post-GA. We will auto-migrate customers with applicable parents to the modern label scheme once the 12-month extension ends in December 2026. | Updated February 13, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents. General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by mid-March 2026 (previously end of January). As part of GA, customers with non-applicable parents will be auto migrated to the modern label scheme while migration for customers with applicable parents will continue to be opt-in for 12 months post-GA. We will auto-migrate customers with applicable parents to the modern label scheme once the 12-month extension ends. |
| 2026-02-14 | MC End Time | 03/02/2026 08:00:00 | 2026-04-20T09:00:00Z |
| 2026-02-14 | MC Summary | Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity labels by simplifying them into labels and label groupings for easier management. Manual migration via a wizard is available for some tenants; others will be auto-migrated by January 2026. Users won’t see changes, and admins can adjust labels post-migration. No action needed before rollout. | Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity labels by simplifying them into labels and label groupings for easier management. Manual migration with a wizard is available for some tenants; others will be auto-migrated by mid-March 2026. Users won’t notice changes, and admins can adjust labels post-migration. No action is required before rollout. |
| 2025-12-19 | MC Last Updated | 11/04/2025 00:42:07 | 2025-12-19T00:46:20Z |
| 2025-12-19 | MC Messages | Updated November 3, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents. General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by late December 2025. As part of GA, customers with non-applicable parents will be auto migrated to the modern label scheme while migration for customers with applicable parents will continue to be opt-in for 12 months post-GA. We will auto-migrate customers with applicable parents to the modern label scheme once the 12-month extension ends in December 2026. | Updated December 18, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents. General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by end of January 2026 (previously late December 2025). As part of GA, customers with non-applicable parents will be auto migrated to the modern label scheme while migration for customers with applicable parents will continue to be opt-in for 12 months post-GA. We will auto-migrate customers with applicable parents to the modern label scheme once the 12-month extension ends in December 2026. |
| 2025-12-19 | MC End Time | 02/02/2026 08:00:00 | 2026-03-02T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-12-19 | MC Summary | Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity labels by simplifying the scheme to labels and label groupings, enabling easier management and migration. Manual migration with a wizard is available for some tenants; others will be auto-migrated by December 2026. Users won’t notice changes, and no admin action is required before rollout. | Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity labels by simplifying them into labels and label groupings for easier management. Manual migration via a wizard is available for some tenants; others will be auto-migrated by January 2026. Users won’t see changes, and admins can adjust labels post-migration. No action needed before rollout. |
| 2025-11-04 | MC Messages | Updated September 24, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents. General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by late December 2025 | Updated November 3, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents. General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by late December 2025. As part of GA, customers with non-applicable parents will be auto migrated to the modern label scheme while migration for customers with applicable parents will continue to be opt-in for 12 months post-GA. We will auto-migrate customers with applicable parents to the modern label scheme once the 12-month extension ends in December 2026. |
| 2025-11-04 | MC Last Updated | 09/24/2025 23:49:38 | 2025-11-04T00:42:07Z |
| 2025-11-04 | MC Summary | Microsoft Purview Information Protection is modernizing sensitivity labels to a simplified scheme of labels and label groupings, enabling easier management and scalability. Manual migration via a wizard is available for eligible tenants starting early December 2025, with full rollout by late December. Users will see no change in label application. | Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity labels by simplifying the scheme to labels and label groupings, enabling easier management and migration. Manual migration with a wizard is available for some tenants; others will be auto-migrated by December 2026. Users won’t notice changes, and no admin action is required before rollout. |
| 2025-09-24 | MC Last Updated | 09/10/2025 17:45:31 | 2025-09-24T23:49:38Z |
| 2025-09-24 | MC Messages | Updated September 10, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2025 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late December 2025 (previously late August). General Availability (Worldwide): We will communicate the plan for General Availability in a future post. | Updated September 24, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): Modern labels have been in Public Preview since July 7th 2025. This post announces the rollout of modern label scheme to new tenants and tenants with applicable parents. General Availability (Worldwide): We will being rolling out early December 2025 and expect to be completed by late December 2025 |
| 2025-09-24 | MC End Time | 10/31/2025 08:00:00 | 2026-02-02T08:00:00Z |
| 2025-09-24 | MC Summary | Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity label grouping to a simpler, dynamic scheme with labels and label groups. Manual migration via a wizard will be available for eligible tenants starting December 2025. The change improves label management without affecting user experience and requires no prior admin action. | Microsoft Purview Information Protection is modernizing sensitivity labels to a simplified scheme of labels and label groupings, enabling easier management and scalability. Manual migration via a wizard is available for eligible tenants starting early December 2025, with full rollout by late December. Users will see no change in label application. |
| 2025-09-11 | MC Messages | Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings.
This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late August 2025. General Availability (Worldwide): We will communicate the plan for General Availability in a future post. | Updated September 10, 2025: We have updated the content. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: To help improve label usability and configuration, the sensitivity labeling scheme will be simplified to only consist of labels and label groupings. This move to a dynamic architecture will make it easier to move a child label into label groups, out of label groups, and between label groups without losing referential integrity, allowing customers to better scale and reorganize their labels across their entire data estate. Tenants in scope for manual migration to the new label scheme will see a message on the Sensitivity labels page in the Purview portal, where the tenant admin can access a simple manual migration wizard to opt in to the migration, which should complete in less than a few minutes or even seconds, depending on the label configuration. If you do not see this message, your tenant does not meet the criteria for manual migration (your tenant lacks applicable parent labels). This new label scheme will be rolled out to your tenant in the coming months. (and we will send a separate MC post in advance). This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 386900. [When this will happen:] Public Preview (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early December 2025 (previously early July) and expect to complete by late December 2025 (previously late August). General Availability (Worldwide): We will communicate the plan for General Availability in a future post. |
| 2025-09-11 | MC Title | Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity label grouping modernization | (Updated) Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Sensitivity label grouping modernization |
| 2025-09-11 | MC Last Updated | 07/09/2025 01:26:54 | 2025-09-10T17:45:31Z |
| 2025-09-11 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, Admin impact |
| 2025-09-11 | MC Summary | Microsoft Purview is simplifying its sensitivity labeling scheme to consist only of labels and label groupings. This dynamic architecture will improve label usability and configuration. Manual migration will be available for applicable tenants, with a preview wizard to assist admins. The rollout begins in July 2025 and completes by August 2025. | Microsoft Purview is modernizing sensitivity label grouping to a simpler, dynamic scheme with labels and label groups. Manual migration via a wizard will be available for eligible tenants starting December 2025. The change improves label management without affecting user experience and requires no prior admin action. |
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