M365 Archive

RM115482 - Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities

Microsoft 365 Roadmap

Roadmap ID

115482

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Status

In development

Release

Current Channel
Preview

Last Updated

Apr 15, 2026

Published Jan 31, 2023

Platforms

Desktop
Web

Service

Exchange
Microsoft Teams
OneDrive
SharePoint
Microsoft 365

Tag

In development
Current Channel
Preview
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Cloud

Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)

Summary

Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in.

Description

Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in.

GA date: January CY2027

Preview date: October CY2025