Last updated: 27 September 2026
Microsoft Purview Information Protection helps you classify, label and protect sensitive documents and emails. It replaces Azure Information Protection (AIP): Microsoft retired the old AIP client and moved labelling into Microsoft 365 apps and the Microsoft Purview portal.
What does it do?
- Sensitivity labels: mark content as Public, Internal, Confidential and so on, manually or automatically.
- Encryption and access control: labelled files stay protected even when shared or downloaded, so only the right people can open them.
- Visual markings: headers, footers and watermarks on labelled documents.
- Works with DLP: labels can drive data loss prevention rules.
Do I need a new licence?
Manual sensitivity labels are included in Microsoft 365 Business Premium and E3. Automatic labelling and more advanced features need E5 or the Purview Suite add-on.
ABCOM can design a simple labelling scheme for your organisation and roll it out alongside our cyber security services.
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