M365 Changelog: Sensitivity Labels for Teams Created from Templates

MC281936 – Updated January 20, 2022: This rollout was delayed due to deployment complications. Microsoft has updated the rollout timeline below and the Roadmap will be updated to reflect the change. Thank you for your patience.

Sensitivity labels allow Teams admins to protect and regulate access to sensitive organizational content created during collaboration within teams. With this update, you will be able to apply sensitivity labels to teams created from templates as well.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 84232.

When this will happen:

Microsoft will begin rolling this out in early February and expect to complete rollout by the mid-February.

How this will affect your organization:

End users will now be able to use the sensitivity labels that Admins have created within the tenant when creating a team from a team template.

What you need to do to prepare:

Please share the below links with users so they understand how to create a team from a template with sensitivity labels.

• Create a team from template
• Sensitivity Labels

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