M365 Purview News June 12, 2023
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M365 Purview News June 12, 2023
What's new, and who am I learning from this week?
Sharing interesting updates and things that caught my eye over the past couple of weeks. I will try and do a post similar to this once a month, and it will be free to all subscribers.
The most recent Microsoft Purview Customer Network Webinar covering Data Lifecycle and Records Management Updates was actually open to the public. There is some interesting information about new features, including the ability to apply labels in the Teams interface, simulation mode for auto-applied labels, retaining and discovering the version of a file shared in M365 (A feature I’ll be doing a future deep-dive newsletter covering.), and Power Automate integration with records management. It’s worth your time to get the information direct from the Microsoft folks when you get the opportunity, and this one was recorded so even if you missed it, you can catch it, at least for now.
You can watch it here.
Tony Redmond had a solid look at where Loop Workspaces store data in a recent blog post. I was somewhat relieved to read this from Tony because, in testing Loop workspaces with eDiscovery, I was getting a bit frustrated trying to figure it out.
“We’re still in the early days and everything doesn’t work as promised. Loop is in preview and Microsoft 365 content searches cannot find its content, nor can retention policies target app repository containers. The Loop app doesn’t support assignment of sensitivity labels to workspaces or pages, and data loss prevention policies don’t intervene of someone shares a Loop page link outside the organization. All of this is expected when apps and underlying services are evolving.”
By the way, since we are just starting to get to know each other around here with this newsletter, let me share this with you. If you haven’t already bought a license for Tony’s book, you really should - https://o365itpros.gumroad.com/l/O365IT. You should also be following his blog.
Microsoft is retiring Wikis in teams starting June 2023 - You might want to go grab that Wiki content and make it available in OneNote.
This is a good overview of why you might want to use Sensitivity labels on email, but not encrypt all of them.
Also, if you’re an eDiscovery expert but new to the world of Data Lifecycle Management - this might help - Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management and Records Management setup guide
You might be tempted to ask why I spend so much time talking about Records Management and other Purview tools when my background is really in eDiscovery. I get it. The fact of the matter is, M365 is a huge platform of interconnected tools. As an eDiscovery Manager, you may find yourself dealing with eDiscovery cases created through security tools like Communication Compliance or Insider Risk. You may find your search results impacted thanks to Records Management policies or some preview feature related to indexing of SharePoint versions. I’m not saying you will need to become an expert with all of these tools, I’m certainly not. We will, however, need to understand how some of them may impact our work.
Because they do. And changes anywhere in the M365 environment might impact it too. Stay vigilant.
Lastly, Peter Rising has an eDiscovery playlist if you’re new to using Premium. Might be worth checking out:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9f-PbmksakCn0R6vJmO5pm5rhxAoPtFl
Don’t forget the Microsoft eDiscovery Ninja page as well, a great resource to get your feet wet with Purview eDiscovery Premium.
That’s it for this month’s news and updates post. I’ll be back next week with another deep dive into some recent changes in the M365 platform. Please consider a paid subscription to continue learning with me about eDiscovery with M365.