MC1262573 - Microsoft Purview: Information Protection – Extended scoping capabilities for sensitivity label policies

Updated April 10, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. 

Introduction

Purview Information Protection admins can now exclude modern Microsoft 365 groups and scope sensitivity label policies to dynamic and non-mail enabled security groups. These capabilities give admins more flexibility, expanding policy targeting beyond individual users and mail-enabled groups. 

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 558685.

When this will happen:

• Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late April 2026 and expect to complete by mid-May 2026.
• General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-June 2026 (previously late May) and expect to complete by late June 2026 (previously late May).

How this affects your organization:

Who is affected:

• Information Protection admins managing sensitivity label publishing policies

What will happen:

• Admins can exclude modern Microsoft 365 groups from label publishing policies
• Admins can include non-mail-enabled security groups, including dynamic security groups
• Existing policies and configurations remain unchanged
• No user impact unless admins update policy scope

What you can do to prepare:

• No action is required
• Optionally review and update label publishing policies to take advantage of expanded scoping

Learn more: Create and publish sensitivity labels | Microsoft Learn (will be updated before rollout)

Compliance considerations: