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RM160008Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Optical character recognition (OCR) support for endpoint

Summary

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 on your Windows endpoint devices. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and PDF (image only PDF).

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 on your Windows endpoint devices. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and PDF (image only PDF).

GA date: October CY2026

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2 versions tracked

Updated 1 time since Feb 5, 2026. Microsoft 365 Message Center only shows the current version; this archive preserves tracked history.

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