check before: 2025-01-15
Product:
Exchange, Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft 365 suite, Purview Communication Compliance, Purview Information Protection, Teams
Platform:
Online, US Instances, Web, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
New feature, User impact, Admin impact
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Details:
Summary:
Microsoft Purview | Information Protection's OCR capabilities will be enhanced to scan embedded images in files for sensitive content in Exchange Online, with a rollout starting mid-January 2025 for Public Preview and mid-February 2025 for General Availability. This update is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 323899.
Details:
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) scanning enables Microsoft Purview | Information Protection to scan images for sensitive information. With this rollout, we will enhance the OCR capabilities to scan for sensitive content in images embedded in other files (such as a .png image file in a Microsoft Word .docx file) with a limit of 20 embedded images scanned per file for Microsoft Exchange Online. Before this rollout, OCR was able to scan standalone images only.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 323899.
[When this will happen:]
Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-January 2025 and expect to complete by late January 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out mid-February 2025 and expect to complete by late February 2025.
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Release Phase:
General Availability, Preview
Created:
2024-12-27
updated:
2024-12-27
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft is enhancing Microsoft Purview's Information Protection with improved OCR capabilities to scan images embedded within documents for sensitive content, starting public preview in January 2025 and general availability by February 2025, with automatic enablement and alert features for administrators.
Direct effects for Operations**
Increased Resource Usage
The enhanced OCR capabilities may lead to increased resource consumption on Exchange Online servers due to the additional processing required for scanning embedded images, potentially affecting performance during peak usage times.
- roles: IT Administrator, System Analyst
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/ocr-learn-about?view=o365-worldwide&tabs=purview, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=323899
Billing Implications
Existing customers using OCR will incur additional charges based on the usage of the new embedded image scanning feature, which may lead to unexpected costs if not monitored properly.
- roles: Finance Officer, IT Administrator
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/ocr-learn-about?view=o365-worldwide&tabs=purview, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=323899
User Experience Changes
While there are no expected changes to the user experience, the potential for increased alerts and incident reports due to the new scanning capabilities may overwhelm users if not properly communicated.
- roles: End User, Compliance Officer
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/ocr-learn-about?view=o365-worldwide&tabs=purview, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=323899
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explanation for non-techies**
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