Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Labels: Now a Star Compliance Feature in Orchestry

Applying Sensitivity Labels for Control

Sensitivity Labels are extremely powerful Microsoft 365 OOTB capabilities that control important governance settings, such as guest access, privacy setting, SharePoint external sharing, etc.

Sensitivity Labels aren’t a one-trick pony, they bring different levels of control with their various types. The Container-Based Sensitivity Labels allow you to control things like privacy settings, guest access, device access, and external sharing. The Container-Based Sensitivity Labels are a bit tricky to configure and publish, which makes them not the most intuitive to administer. But, once you gain an appropriate understanding of them, they can be very useful. As such, more and more organizations are taking advantage of these robust labels in their Microsoft 365 environments.

Getting Started with Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Labels in Orchestry

It is simple. Define your Sensitivity Labels within Microsoft 365 and import them into Orchestry. From here, choose which ones you want to use as part of your Workspace Provisioning process. Once a Sensitivity Labels is added and applied, Orchestry pulls in the label’s name, description, the privacy override, and the SharePoint sharing override; making all of these aspects visible to you in the Orchestry interface. However, at this time, API doesn’t give us the guest access external users override, which means you will have to add that in manually.

A subtle addition to Sensitivity Labels in Orchestry is the ability to attach an icon for each type of Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Label. This really brings together the visual experience of the Orchestry platform, making it both intuitive and engaging!

Now that you have your Microsoft 365 Compliance Sensitivity Labels defined in Orchestry, you can use them in your Workspace Templates, and there are multiple things you can do with them that is beyond Microsoft 365 OOTB capabilities:

• In the configuration, you can enforce Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Labels to a particular Workspace Template. So, each time a particular Workspace is provisioned, it will have a pre-determined Sensitivity Label applied to it. Many customers, clients, and partners asked for this because in Microsoft 365 there is no correlation between the Sensitivity Label and the Microsoft 365 template, so any template can have any Sensitivity Label applied to it.

• Users can choose the Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Label they want to apply to the Workspace they are requesting. For better control and the ability to manage label options, you can give users access to a subset of Sensitivity Labels to choose from. So that there is no confusion along the way, the chosen Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Label is going to override the permission type, the guest access, and the sharing options.

• Sensitivity Labels enabling better Workspace findability. The Orchestry Workspace Directory delivers visibility to see all the existing teams, team sites, communication sites, and even your custom metadata. We have added more filtering opportunities based on Workspace sensitivity and types. This enables users to go through this seamlessly filtered experience to find the right Workspace effectively and efficiently.

The Orchestry Compliance & Control Experience

This is not all that Orchestry has to offer, along with the full support of Microsoft 365 Sensitivity Labels, we have added powerful features to get a grip on Group options and SharePoint sharing options. With Orchestry’s new and improved capabilities, you get unmatched control of your environment. Transparency and streamlined policies take the pressure off Microsoft 365 admins while enabling users to engage with tools like Microsoft Teams and SharePoint Online, without too many overzealous restrictions. Organizations can really take advantage of these capabilities to run collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams at high levels of efficiency with Orchestry.

You can make use of Orchestry through Microsoft 365 or get it through your Microsoft Teams application. It is an all-in-one change management solution that is business-centric and focused on driving the adoption and engagement across Microsoft 365. It is time to test out the features for yourself, don’t wait, request 28-day free access with us today.