check before: 2025-10-01
Product:
eDiscovery, Purview, Purview Communication Compliance, Purview compliance portal, Purview Information Protection, SharePoint
Platform:
Online, US Instances, Web, World tenant
Status:
Launched
Change type:
New feature, User impact, Admin impact
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Details:
Summary:
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery will enhance metadata in item.csv reports starting October 2025, adding fields like status, error details, custodian, sensitivity label, encryption, and SharePoint content type ID. These updates improve item-level insights, error traceability, and support automation. Admins should update workflows and documentation accordingly.
Details:
[Introduction:]
To improve transparency and streamline post-export workflows, Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is enhancing metadata reporting in the item.csv files generated during Add to Review Set and Export processes. These updates are designed to provide deeper insights into item-level attributes and improve error traceability.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 506220.
[When this will happen:]
General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCCH, DoD): Rollout will begin in early October 2025 and is expected to complete by mid-November 2025.
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Created:
2025-09-30
updated:
2025-09-30
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft is enhancing its Purview eDiscovery tool by adding more detailed tags to digital items, such as processing status, errors, responsibility, encryption, and sensitivity labels, with the rollout starting in October 2025 and completing by mid-November 2025, requiring IT admins to update their workflows and documentation.
Direct effects for Operations**
Metadata Reporting Changes
Without preparation, users may struggle to adapt to the new metadata fields in item.csv reports, leading to confusion and potential errors in workflows that rely on these reports.
- roles: Admins, Compliance Officers
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/edisc?view=o365-worldwide, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=506220
Workflow Disruption
Existing automation and post-export workflows may fail if they are not updated to accommodate the new field names and structure, resulting in delays and inefficiencies.
- roles: Admins, IT Support Staff
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/edisc?view=o365-worldwide, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=506220
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