MC560726 · Microsoft 365 Suite, Microsoft 365 Apps
From Microsoft Corporation
Technical Bulletin MC560726 · Published May 24, 2023
Message Summary
Coming soon to Microsoft Purview Information Protection, we’re updating the configuration of email footers generated by sensitivity labels.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 124816.
When this will happen:
Rollout to general availability will begin in early June and is expected to be complete by end of June.
How this will affect your organization:
In Microsoft Purview compliance portal today, when an administrator configures content marking for Information Protection sensitivity labels to add a footer, the footer will accumulate at the very bottom of email chains. This is especially undesirable for long email threads, because the footer can be missed or not seen by end users. The new enhancement that we’re delivering will now add the footer at the bottom of the most recent email reply, instead of at the bottom of the whole email chain. Note that this feature only supports emails formatted as HTML or PlainText. Unfortunately, support for Rich Text email formats is legacy and will not be improved. For emails formatted as Rich Text, the label footers will continue to accumulate at the bottom of email threads as before.
What you need to do to prepare:
No action is needed to enable this feature, besides using footers in sensitivity labels.
Get started with Information Protection in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
Learn more: Manage sensitivity labels in Office apps
