Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business

Summary

Optical character recognition (OCR) support will detect sensitive content in images and subsequently apply data loss prevention (DLP) policies to prevent exfiltration of that sensitive data in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PDF (image-only PDF).

Status
In development
General availability target
Jun 2026
Preview target
Not published
Products
Microsoft Purview
Clouds
GCC, GCC High, DoD
Release phases
General Availability, Preview
Platforms
Web
Added to the roadmap
16 Aug 2023
Last changed
5 Feb 2026 · 8mo ago
recently changed
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