NewMicrosoft Purview · SharePoint Online · OneDrive for Business
Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business
OCR support will be added to Purview compliance portal to detect sensitive content within images (JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, image-only PDF) in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business, enabling DLP policies to prevent data exfiltration. This capability is currently in development with no immediate action required.
Key dates
- — preview (Status listed as 'In development' with General Availability and Preview tags; specific dates not provided)
Microsoft's description
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).