Sensitivity Labels

Sensitivity labels classify content and carry protection with it. Once a label is applied to a file, an email or a container, it enforces whatever is configured on it: encryption, content marking such as headers, footers and watermarks, and site and group protection. Label policies then publish labels to users. This page lists the sensitivity labels in the selected tenant, shows which policies publish each one, and lets you recolour, delete or capture them as reusable templates.

Action Buttons

Deploy Sensitivity Label

Opens a drawer that creates a sensitivity label in one or more tenants from a template or from parameters you supply yourself.

Field	Description
Select Tenants	The tenants to create the label in. At least one is required, and you can pick several to deploy the same label across a group of customers in one go.
Select a template (optional)	Picks a saved sensitivity label template. Choosing one fills Parameters (JSON) with that template's stored settings, and also loads the template's colour into Label Color.
Label Color (optional)	A colour picker for the label. It accepts any hex colour, where the Purview portal offers only its preset palette. A colour picked here overrides any colour set in the JSON below. Leave it empty to keep whatever the JSON specifies.
Parameters (JSON)	The label settings as JSON. Required. A worked example is shown in the field until you type into it, covering the display name, tooltip, content types, encryption settings, content marking and a nested PolicyParams block for the label policy that publishes it.

Table Details

Column	Description
Display Name	The label name as users see it in Office apps.
Name	The label's internal name in Purview.
Color	The label's custom colour, read by CIPP from the label's color advanced setting. Empty when none is set.
Content Type	What the label can be applied to, such as files and emails.
Encryption Enabled	Whether the label applies encryption to content it is put on.
Content Marking Header Enabled	Whether the label stamps a header onto content.
Content Marking Watermark Enabled	Whether the label stamps a watermark onto content.
Site And Group Protection Enabled	Whether the label carries container settings for sites, Teams and Microsoft 365 Groups.
Priority	The label's position in the label order.
Disabled	Whether the label is switched off.

The Extended Info flyout adds the label's comment, tooltip, parent label, footer marking setting, and Published In Policies, which CIPP works out by matching the label against the tenant's label policies so you can see where a label is actually surfaced to users.

Table Actions

Action	Description	Bulk Action Available
Create template based on label	Saves the selected label as a sensitivity label template so it can be redeployed to other tenants.
Set Label Color	Opens a colour picker and applies the chosen colour to the selected label. Any hex colour is accepted, beyond the preset palette the Purview portal offers. Submitting an empty value clears a colour that was set previously.
Delete Label	Permanently removes the selected label. A label that is published to users is also removed from the policies publishing it.
More Info	Opens the Extended Info flyout with the full details for the selected row.

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