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MC724833 – Reminder: Azure Information Protection Add-in for Office retires in April

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check before: 2024-03-20

Product:

Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft 365 suite, Purview Communication Compliance, Purview Information Protection

Platform:

Windows Desktop, World tenant

Status:

Change type:

User impact, Admin impact, Retirement

Links:

MC541158

Details:

The Azure Information Protection (AIP) Unified Labeling add-in for Office will retire in April 2024. Organizations must upgrade to Microsoft Purview Information Protection client version 3.0 to continue using the Information Protection Scanner, Viewer, and File Labeler. Sensitivity labels must transition to the built-in labeling experience in Microsoft 365 Apps. For detailed migration steps, refer to the provided playbook.
As announced in MC541158 (April 2024) we are retiring the Azure Information Protection (AIP) Unified Labeling add-in for Office.
[When this will happen:]
Important retirement milestones are:
April 2024: Release of Microsoft Purview Information Protection client version 3.0 with the AIP Add-in for Office removed. To continue using the Information Protection Scanner, Viewer and File Labeler, your organization must upgrade and deploy the new package.
April 11th, 2024: AIP Unified Labeling add-in is retired and no longer in support. Extensions to continue using the AIP add-in will be granted on a case-to-case basis; please reach out to Microsoft Support or your account team.
May 1st, 2024: AIP Unified Labeling add-in permanently disabled in Office. AIP Unified Labeling add-in for Office clients will be blocked from using the add-in with version 2.16 or higher. Download of label policy will fail for all clients without extensions to continue using the AIP add-in.

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Created:
2024-03-06

updated:
2024-03-06

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