Updated September 5, 2025: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) is introducing support for pre-authorized and non pre-authorized export download links, to enhance the reliability and performance of export download.
Introduction
A new capability of sharing export download links with external users will be available forin Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium) users. This feature enhances collaborationenables organizations to configure export download links as either pre-authorized or non pre-authorized.
- Pre-authorized links offer faster downloads and maintain session continuity for a specified duration configurable by
allowing external legal counsel, auditors, or other stakeholderseDiscovery administrators.
- Non pre-authorized links require re-authentication after each connection loss and are needed for restricted environments that allow access only to
securely access eDiscovery export files—without requiring tenant login credentials.limited Microsoft 365 IP ranges.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 498160.
When this will happen:
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling outRollout begins mid-September 2025 and expect to completecompletes by end of September 2025.
General Availability (GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling outRollout begins early October 2025 and expect to completecompletes by end of October 2025.2025
How this will affect your organization:organization
This feature will simplify the process of sharing eDiscovery export files with external parties, reducing manual steps and improving compliance workflows. Organizations canupdate allows organizations to maintain strict control over data access while enabling secure collaboration with external users.
optimizing download performance based on environment needs.
What you need to do to prepare:prepare
Admins should review their organization’sshould:
- Review organizational policies
for sharing sensitive data externally and familiarize themselves with the new export configuration options such as enablingoptions, including link sharingtype selection and configuring link duration. duration settings.
- Update internal
guidancedocumentation and training materials to reflect this new capability.