AIP Labeling Enabled on Devices

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Public preview releases of Office applications on Android, iOS, and macOS, include AIP labeling capabilities. AIP allows organizations to discover, classify, label, and protect sensitive data to help comply with confidentiality, privacy, and disclosure policies and regulations. As shown here, a user editing a document on Word for Android can label and protect content using the toolbar built into Word. The addition of labeling capabilities to Office on macOS and mobile devices makes it more likely that users will label sensitive data across all platforms they might need to use.

The capabilities are available in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word for the Mac, and PowerPoint and Word for Android and iOS. Outlook and full support for Excel across all platforms are expected to join the preview in the coming months.

Use of this feature requires a license for Azure Information Protection Premium P2 (or the Enterprise Mobility + Security [EMS] E5 suite, which includes it). Users may need some training to familiarize them with the new labeling capabilities. Customers interested in test-driving the capability can sign up for an EMS E5 trial tenancy.

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