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Azure Information Protection Unified labeling Policy

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Summary of the video (Azure Information Protection – Unified Labeling Policy)

This video explains how to create and publish Unified Labeling policies in the Azure Information Protection (AIP) Unified Labeling Portal at protection.office.com, and covers what options/settings are available (and migrated) from the older AIP classic portal.

Key concepts / workflow

Unified Labeling enablement & migration

  • When Unified Labeling is enabled, previously created AIP policies are migrated to the new portal (protection.office.com).
  • The same portal can also be used to create new policies.

Creating a new policy in the Unified Labeling Portal

  1. Go to the Unified Labeling portal and click “Publish labels”.
  2. Follow the guided steps:
    • Choose sensitivity labels to publish
      • Includes built-in/general options (e.g., personal/public/general/confidential).
      • Demonstrates selecting a custom sensitivity label (“first UL”) created earlier, to test real client behavior.
    • Select targeted users
      • Demonstrates a scoped policy approach by targeting the policy to specific users instead of everyone.
    • Set default label for documents and emails
      • Includes an option equivalent to the classic portal: “Select the default label.”
    • Require justification when removing or lowering classification
      • Users must provide a justification if they:
        • remove a protection label, or
        • lower the classification label.
      • Presented as a way to prevent users from downgrading/stripping protections without a rationale.
    • Require users to apply labels
      • Ensures every document/email created is classified by requiring users to apply a label.
    • Optional custom help link
      • Add a web link to a custom help page for guidance.
    • Name the policy
      • Provide a policy name and description (example: org_unified labeling plus a test description).

What the video promises next

  • After policy creation, the next step is to install the AIP Unified Labeling client and observe the end-user experience.
  • It also mentions reviewing configured use cases tied to the labels.

Main speakers / sources

  • Speaker: Not explicitly named in the subtitles (the narrator “Hi guys…” presenter).
  • Primary source / system referenced: protection.office.com (Unified Labeling Portal) and Azure Information Protection (AIP), including comparison to the AIP classic portal.

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