Things to Know About Microsoft Purview – September 2026
Reading time (approx.): 15 minutes Summary Microsoft Purview is moving in two connected directions: enforcement is extending beyond Microsoft 365
Microsoft Secure by default – some thoughts
My thoughts on the new Secure by default model by Microsoft.
Information Protection 101: Advanced Settings
A small additional post on the advanced settings for sensitivity labels.
Email security and removing the Encrypt option in Outlook
Two options for mail security and sensitivity labels and also the option to Encrypt my emails. What to use and what are the differences?
Information Protection 101: permission levels and why users cannot change the label
RMS permission-level are the basis for using content access to labeled documents. But these also affect the changing on sensitivity labels.
Introducing dynamic watermarking in information protection
This new public preview function allows for the dynamic application of the UPN on documents.
The black box know as container labels
Sensitivity labels on the container level can be used to control the access to Microsoft 365 Groups, Teams and SharePoint Online sites and how information is shared. But is this a bug? Read on…
Changing the label hierarchy – what will happen?
Sensitivity labels are configured in a specific hierarchy. And in some posts I tried to explain the importance for this. In this article, I want to expand some more.
SharePoint Information Rights Management V2?
Are the new Guaranteed SharePoint Permissions simply SharePoint IRM v2 or is there more to this?
Adaptive Protection’s new functions
A re-visit to Adaptive Protection and the new preview function of retaining information based on risks.
Priority is important – Information Protection
Why do I get an e-mail stating that there is a mismatch between my labeled file and SharePoint? It’s because of the label hierarchy.