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Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Save filters for Microsoft 365 Activity Explorer

Informational

Message ID

MC800494
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Roadmap ID

374375
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Services

Microsoft 365 suite
Microsoft Purview

Affected Platforms

Web

Summary

Microsoft Purview | Information Protection will soon allow admins to save and share filters in Microsoft 365 Activity Explorer. Refer to MC713369 for updates. Public Preview and General Availability Worldwide rollout dates have been adjusted to January and February 2025, respectively. This feature will be enabled by default. No admin action is required before the rollout.

Details

Updated January 15, 2025: Please refer to MC713369 moving forward for information regarding this change.

Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Information Protection: Admins will be able to save filters for Microsoft 365 Activity Explorer and then quickly apply a filter later from set of saved filters. Saved filters are shared with other members of the team for increased collaboration and productivity.

This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 374375.

When this will happen:

Public Preview: We will begin rolling out late January 2025 (previously late December) and expect to complete by late February 2025 (previously mid-January).

General Availability Worldwide: We will begin rolling out late February 2024 (previously early December) and expect to complete by mid-March 2024 (previously late December).

How this will affect your organization:

Before this rollout: Admins were not able to save filters or share filter sets with colleagues.

After this rollout: Saving a new filter set in Activity Explorer > Apply filters > Select Save:

admin controls

This feature is on by default and can be used by all Activity explorer users.

What you need to do to prepare:

Learn more: Get started with Activity explorer | Microsoft Learn

This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.

Timeline

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Published
Jun 10, 2024
Message published to Message Center
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Updated
Jan 15, 2025
Message content updated
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End Date
Jan 22, 2025
Message timeline ends

Tags

#Updated message#New feature#User impact#Admin impact

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