What are data sensitivity labels? (Microsoft Guidance)
Published: 8 April 2025- FAQ Category:
- Data Sensitivity Labels
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When you assign a sensitivity label to content, it’s like a stamp that’s applied and is:
When viewed by users in your organization, an applied sensitivity label appears like a tag on apps and can be easily integrated into their existing workflows. Your sensitivity labels aren’t visible in apps to users from other organizations, or to guests.
The following example shows an opened email where another user has applied the sensitivity label named General, which doesn’t apply encryption. The label description supplied by the admin displays more detail to users about the category of data identified by this sensitivity label.
Note: Don’t confuse sensitivity labels with Outlook’s built-in sensitivity levels that indicate the sender’s intention but can’t provide data security.
Each item that supports sensitivity labels can have a single sensitivity label applied to it from your organization. Documents and emails can have both a sensitivity label and a retention label applied to them.