Tag: User-defined permissions

Finally, Microsoft solved the technical issues that blocked SharePoint Online support for sensitivity labels with user-defined permissions (UDP). The feature is now generally available and it’s very welcome because support opens access for Office files and PDFs with UDP labels for search and Purview solutions like DLP and eDiscovery. Files with UDP labels applied prior to GA are not processed until they are edited, but that’s reasonable.

SharePoint Online will add support for files protected with user-defined permissions from March 2025. This step will enable support for Microsoft Search, DLP, eDiscovery, and content searches, but only for files processed by Microsoft Search. Processing happens automatically when new files are created or existing files are edited, so making all UDP-protected files searchable will take some time. Indexing doesn’t make UDP-protected files available to Copilot.