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Set Message Classification

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Applies to: Office 365 for professionals a, Office 365 for enterprises, Microsoft Friends and Family, Microsoft Exchange, Live@edu

Classification lets organizations control how certain types of information are handled.

How do I add classification to a message?

  1. When you're composing a message, click Message Classification message classification on the message toolbar.
  2. Click the classification you want to apply to the message.

What else do I need to know?

  • Organizations use message classification to control how classified messages are treated.
  • If you apply a classification to a message, a banner is added to the top of the message. The content for the banner is set by your system administrator.
  • The effect classification has on a message may be limited to the addition of a banner, or it may cause a message to be saved to a particular folder, copied to an archive, or blocked from being sent to certain people. The action associated with a classification is set by your system administrator.
  • You can also use message classification to sort messages into Managed Folders.

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