Introduction
Your organization has already created and published sensitivity labels. Now it's time to put them to work. Applying labels consistently across Microsoft 365 is what turns a labeling strategy from a policy document into real data protection. Without consistent application, sensitive data moves through Teams meetings, SharePoint sites, Copilot interactions, and Power BI reports with no guardrails.
Imagine a global consultancy firm preparing to launch a new service that combines data analysis and AI. The project pulls together financial details, competitive analysis, and strategic plans from teams around the world. Remote workers collaborate across Teams, SharePoint, and Power BI. Sensitivity labels keep this data classified and protected across every workload. Whether someone opens a document in Word, asks Copilot to summarize an email thread, or exports a Power BI dashboard to a PDF, the label follows the content.
Learning objectives
In this module, you learn to:
- Describe how sensitivity labels protect containers like Teams, SharePoint sites, and Microsoft 365 Groups.
- Manage sensitivity labels in Office apps, including file compatibility and cross-organizational sharing.
- Explain how Microsoft 365 Copilot respects and inherits sensitivity labels.
- Apply sensitivity labels to secure meetings and calendar events.
- Choose where and how to apply labels across SharePoint, Teams, and Microsoft 365 Groups.
- Apply sensitivity labels in Power BI to protect reports, dashboards, and semantic models.
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft 365 administration and applications.
- Familiarity with data classification, protection concepts, and sensitivity labels.
- Understanding of how to create and publish sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview.