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General Availability: Dynamic watermarking for sensitivity labels in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint

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Feb 18, 2025

Deter leakage and attribute leaks of highly sensitive information by configuring dynamic watermarking on protected sensitivity labels

In today's digital age, protecting sensitive information is more critical than ever. Sensitivity labels from Microsoft Purview Information Protection offer highly effective controls to limit access t...
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Dynamic watermarks are rendered by the client at run-time based on information in the sensitivity label, so PDF support has to be implemented by the app used view the file. The Office team is in discussion with partner teams who own PDF viewing surfaces in the Microsoft ecosystem about the possibility of extending dynamic watermarking support to these surfaces (ex. SharePoint's file viewer), but no work is committed at this point.