Microsoft 365: Information Barriers (IB) upgrading from IB v1 to IB v2 with new capabilities

Summary

Information Barriers (IB) V2 brings new capabilities including larger segment scale support, multi-segment support, and flexible people discoverability etc. Existing IB v1 tenants require an upgrade to IB v2 to take advantage of these new capabilities. This roadmap item is intended only for all IB v1 customers. All other customers will get IB v2 capabilities when they enable IB in their tenants. IB v2 upgrade will be opt-in.

Status
In development
General availability target
Jan 2027
Preview target
Oct 2025
Products
Exchange, Microsoft Teams, OneDrive, SharePoint, Microsoft 365
Clouds
Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant)
Release phases
Current Channel, Preview
Platforms
Desktop, Web
Added to the roadmap
31 Jan 2023
Last changed
15 Apr 2026 · 5mo ago
recently changed
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