Change the name of sensitivity labels (MIP)

Question

Just to make sure: Are there any gotchas, issues when you change label names or tooltips with Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels?

According to the best of my knowledge, there should be none. The metadata and policies with Azure RMS should remain the same. Thus it should be possible to open old documents or e-mails marked with the old labels. The labels with the new names should behave as the old ones.

Is this correct, or am I missing something? Perhaps reporting could be an issue.

Thank you. for your answer in advance. Best regards, Jon Alfred

Answer 1

Are you referring to Azure Information Protection labels or M365 sensitivity labels? The question is tagged with AIP but you say Microsoft Information Protection sensitivity labels in the question. Note that AIP labels and sensitivity labels are defined in different places: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/office-365/what-is-the-difference-between-sensitivity-labels-and-aip-labels/m-p/332109

When you create the first sublabel for a label for an AIP label, users can no longer select the original, parent label. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/configure-policy-new-label

There is a troubleshooting guide that goes over potential issues with AIP labeling. Usually an issue would be related to user permissions. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/azure/general/troubleshoot-aip-issues

This article goes over potential issues when editing sensitivity labels. Until you publish your labels, they won't be available to select in apps or for services. To publish the labels, they must be added to a label policy, and it may take 24 hours for the new labeling to apply.

Also, for the Azure Information Protection unified labeling client the label ID remains the same even if you change the label name later on. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/information-protection/rms-client/clientv2-admin-guide-customizations

Let me know if this is what you are looking for!

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/create-sensitivity-labels?view=o365-worldwide

https://www.netwoven.com/2020/08/26/error-applying-azure-information-protection-labels-with-protection/

Answer 2

Thank for your thorough answer. Seems like this will be the accepted one. But I'll have to leave that for tomorrow. I did not find a tag for M365 Sensitivity Labels. But yes, that's what I'm working with.

You'll hear more by tomorrow morning (11.20 P.M. here in Norway).

Best regards.

Answer 3

The accepted answer is with the added comment. Thank you so much. Best regards from Norway