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Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint: Protect sensitive files with dynamic watermarking

Microsoft 365 Message Center Archive by Merill Fernando · Microsoft may not have sent this notice to your tenant.
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  • Seen 24 Jan 2025 late January 2025 → late February 2025
  • Seen 28 Nov 2024 mid-November 2024, end of November 2024 → mid-January 2025, late January 2025

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Updated April 22, 2025: We have recently implemented the necessary fixes to expand the GA scope, enabling support for dynamic watermarking on labels with both user-defined and admin-defined permissions (the original scope). Dynamic watermarking is a new sensitivity label setting that will add watermark text containing the consuming user’s information onto content in files created in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This setting is supported for labels with admin-defined protection. Sensitivity labels from Microsoft Purview Information Protection help you classify and protect your organization's data. Learn more: (Preview) Dynamic watermarking for sensitivity labels in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Microsoft Community Hub This message applies to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint on the web, Desktop/Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS platforms. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 400717. When this will happen: Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-July 2024 and expect to complete by early August 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out to Current Channel mid-January 2025 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously late January). The rest of the channels will follow in line with their normal cadence. How this will affect your organization: Before the rollout: Admins are not able to configure dynamic watermarking though sensitivity labels in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. After the rollout, refer to the admin documentation to configure dynamic watermarks in your tenant. This feature is off by default. Admins must configure the feature before it is accessible to users. What you need to do to prepare: This rollout will happen automatically by the specified date with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your users about this change and update any relevant documentation. Learn more Apply encryption using sensitivity labels | Microsoft Learn (Preview) Dynamic watermarking for sensitivity labels in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint - Microsoft Community Hub

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  1. Updated February 18,April 22, 2025: We have updatedrecently implemented the necessary fixes to expand the content. Thank youGA scope, enabling support for your patience.dynamic watermarking on labels with both user-defined and admin-defined permissions (the original scope). Dynamic watermarking is a new sensitivity label setting that will add watermark …

  2. Updated January 24,February 18, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. content. Thank you for your patience. Update December 20, 2024: There is an issue causing users to get an access denied error when attempting to open files for which they are not the RMS owner, when the file has a sensitivity label configured for dynamic watermarking. We are working to resolve this issue. Dynamic watermarking is a new sensitivity label setting that will add watermark … information onto content in files created in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. This setting is supported for labels with admin-defined protection. Sensitivity labels from Microsoft Purview Information Protection help you classify and protect …

  3. Updated January 24, 2025: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Update December 20, 2024: There is an issue causing users to get … Current Channel mid-January 2025 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late January 2025.February 2025 (previously late November).January). The rest of the channels will follow in line with their normal …

  4. Updated November 27,Update December 20, 2024: We have updatedThere is an issue causing users to get an access denied error when attempting to open files for which they are not the RMS owner, when the rollout timeline below. Thank youfile has a sensitivity label configured for your patience.dynamic watermarking. We are working to resolve this issue. Dynamic watermarking is a new sensitivity label setting that will add watermark … Channel mid-January 2025 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by late January 20252025. (previously late November). The rest of the channels will follow in line …

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    Updated November 27, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience. Dynamic watermarking is a new sensitivity label setting that will add watermark … 2024. General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out to Current Channel mid-November 2024mid-January 2025 (previously mid-November) and expect to complete by end of November 2024.late January 2025 (previously late November). The rest of the channels will follow in line with their normal …

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