| Announcement ID | MC875189 | Published Date | 08-28-2024 | |
| Service | General | Last Updated | 11-05-2024 | |
| Category | Stay informed | Expiration Date | 03-03-2025 | |
| Roadmap ID | 407386 | Action Required by Date | ||
| Tags | Admin impact, New feature, User impact | |||
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| Microsoft OneDrive Mobile will soon support viewing PDFs with sensitivity labels in read-only mode. Rollout begins late August 2024 for Public Preview and completes by January 2025 for General Availability. Users can view permissions within the OneDrive app. No admin action is required before rollout. |
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Coming soon to Microsoft OneDrive: OneDrive users will be able to open PDF files protected with sensitivity labels from Microsoft Purview Information Protection and read them using OneDrive mobile apps in read-only mode. Only authorized users will be able to access these PDF files. When this will happen:Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late August 2024 and expect to complete by late August 2024. General Availability (Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD): We will begin rolling out early September 2024 and expect to complete by late January 2025 (previously late October). How this will affect your organization:Before this rollout: Users can open or view PDF files with sensitivity labels in Azure Information Protection mobile viewer apps (using the Open in another app command). After the rollout, users will be able to follow these steps to view PDF files with sensitive labels in OneDrive mobile apps: 1. When users open the PDF file with a sensitivity label in OneDrive for iOS or Android, a banner at the top of the screen reads, "This file is protected by Microsoft Purview Information Protection. View Permissions": 2. To see the permissions related to the PDF file, users can tap View permission: This feature is on by default and all OneDrive mobile users have access to it. 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. Before rollout, we will update this post with revised documentation. |
