565 questions with Azure Information Protection tags

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How to obtain IdP metadata URL in MS Azure AD when we do not have a Owner?

Hi we have experienced an issue with migrating the SSO configuration as it is using MS Azure AD and we need the IdP metadata URL to complete the configuration. However when I was trying to access this information, it suggested that I do not have access,…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-11-25T00:17:28.2166667+00:00
Fei Gao 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-11-27T20:18:32.5166667+00:00
Shubham Sharma 4,245 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers

IP addresses upgrade

I have received a email saying that IP addresses was retired and i need to upgrade it. But for that, i need to disable it first. How can i upgrade it as the message says without losing the IP?

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-11-13T12:39:21.6633333+00:00
Jose Galvez 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-13T18:36:41.4566667+00:00
Venkatesan S 1,170 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure

I am not able to find the certification and badge for AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure. I have passed the exam since two weeks it is reflected on the system but there is no option to download it; and there is no proper…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-11-12T02:03:50.0433333+00:00
Abdullatif Alshajajir 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-11-12T03:49:53.3433333+00:00
TP 145.8K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
2 answers

Issues with purview scan for VM hosted posgresql

Purview scan using SHIR to on prem RHL hosted postgresql fails with the error The version of the linked service not supported I tried replicating by deploying postgres on windows and new version of RHL linux with newer postgres and shows same result.…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-09-11T17:45:47.7733333+00:00
prasantc 986 Reputation points
answered 2025-10-30T10:58:24.1033333+00:00
Matthias Coene 0 Reputation points
3 answers

Pictures are encrypted (.PFILE) and I can't open them

Hello, I don't know If I'm at the right place, but all my pictures are encrypted and I can't open them. I don't know, how this happened, but every picture now has the file format ".PFILE". I already tried to open them with "RMS…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2021-04-19T12:13:15.937+00:00
Christoph 1 Reputation point
answered 2025-10-18T16:17:51.1266667+00:00
Kay zapay 0 Reputation points
4 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Problem activating the protection service from Azure - failing to connect to AIP Service

Hi Support Team, I have just registered for a 30 day trial license for MS 365 Business Premium which has the Azur Information Protection - Plan 1 (Integration with Microsoft Purview Message Encryption) When trying to create the first transport rule,…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2024-01-20T22:09:05.6066667+00:00
Anonymous
answered 2025-10-02T20:49:17.7333333+00:00
Ryan Brackenrig 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

External user can't open document protect by label "any authenticated users can view"

We are developing app protecting PDF files using MIP SDK and MSAL library. Now we have a problem with the external users. Tenant 'A' has a label assign view permission to 'any authenticated users', and used this label to protect PDF document and shared…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-09-23T07:51:45.02+00:00
chen jim 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-09-30T09:04:51.02+00:00
chen jim 20 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

what if we dont want AIP Protection (in the early stages of AIP deployment)?

Hi, If we just wanted to Classify and Label documents - and have no AIP Protection for the first 3-6 months while we roll out AIP...could we disable this option in the AIP client and how? How do we hide the "Protect with custom…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2022-04-28T03:42:53.047+00:00
Shim Kwan 301 Reputation points
commented 2025-09-23T02:23:52.6033333+00:00
K, royal 0 Reputation points
0 answers

No on-prem AIP Scanner data recorded in Activity Explorer

Hi, According to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/compliance/data-classification-activity-explorer-available-events?view=o365-worldwide, Activity Explorer should show data from many sources including: Azure Information Protection…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2022-06-30T23:44:46.857+00:00
Shim Kwan 301 Reputation points
commented 2025-08-07T18:30:28.3833333+00:00
Thomas Moen 0 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Connect-AipService is failing

I need to do Enable-AipService via PowerShell as it is not possible through any of the GUI:s. I get an error on command Connect-AipService before even login prompt comes up. Error: Connect-AipService : The attempt to connect to the Azure Information…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
Microsoft 365 and Office | Install, redeem, activate | For business | Windows
Windows for business | Windows Server | User experience | PowerShell
asked 2024-01-12T11:28:24.58+00:00
JoeLAP 30 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-08-01T06:03:41.9333333+00:00
RNareddy 2,510 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers

Identity Protection-Risky Users error when attempting to dismiss user

Hello, I have a user in my Identity Protection>Risky Users that has been there for several months. This user was deleted a long time ago, and therefore I do not understand why this user is in the Risky user section? When I try to dismiss the user,…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
Azure App Service
Azure App Service
Azure App Service is a service used to create and deploy scalable, mission-critical web apps.
9,539 questions
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Identity Manager
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Other
asked 2024-04-01T21:46:07.18+00:00
DSC 0 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-07-31T11:20:03.6+00:00
RNareddy 2,510 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft information protection: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x800A175C)

Hi All, As AIP is going to be disabled , we have moved from AIP to built-in labeling , we are getting these two exceptions while launching the word from my application. We are using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.dll word interop library for interacting…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
Microsoft 365 and Office | Development | Other
asked 2024-03-29T05:04:07.0733333+00:00
dkarthik363 25 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-07-31T11:12:28.7266667+00:00
RNareddy 2,510 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
5 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Sensitivity label works in Outlook web app but not desktop app

We are currently using M365 Business Premium licence and hence are using Azure Information Protection Premium Plan 1. We created an 'Internal' sensitivity label on compliance.microsoft.com, with "assign permissions now" configuration granting…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Purview
asked 2024-04-30T13:00:43.08+00:00
Vishal Bakshi 76 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-07-31T04:09:37.0066667+00:00
RNareddy 2,510 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer

Delayed or Missing AIP Audit Logs for Protected Files

Subject: Delayed or Missing AIP Audit Logs for Protected Files Affected System/Service: Azure Information Protection (AIP) Impact: Delays of 20–40 minutes, or complete absence, of audit logs for file access events (e.g., file open, access denied) …

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-02-19T09:00:15.3033333+00:00
eylon 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-07-06T10:49:01.24+00:00
eylon 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

MIP SDK and managed identities

I want to get a token that can decrypt an AIP protected file, by using the MIP SDK. This is working with certificate credentials. My idea is to use a managed identiy to get the token. My problem is, that I didn't find a way to configure the AIP Azure…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-06-20T17:39:08.8566667+00:00
Alexander P 41 Reputation points
accepted 2025-06-27T10:42:26.0566667+00:00
Alexander P 41 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

AIP scanner not labelling the files on file share

We configured the scanner which is scanning the files and status of scan job is healthy. But is not labelling the files when we turned on Enforce setting on scan job. One other clue we noticed is, the log file does not show that enforce is set to On…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2021-02-24T23:45:59.64+00:00
Pa_D 1,076 Reputation points
commented 2025-06-04T21:21:33.4066667+00:00
Deep 20 Reputation points
2 answers

Azure information protection | Microsoft Purview Information Protection

Recently subscribed to Azure services for using Azure information protection related services, need to RMS SDK for customizing Microsoft Purview information protection recent new page asking me to go for Microsoft 365 E5 license to use its features,…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-05-28T06:37:22.6733333+00:00
anand.mantoju 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-05-28T07:30:45.06+00:00
Anonymous
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to disable data aggregation in interactive sign-in logs in Azure AD?

I would like to know if there is a way to disable data aggregation in the interactive sign-in logs in Azure AD. I have noticed that all sign-in events in our tenant have the same timestamp of 02:00:00 AM, which makes it impossible to sort them by date…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Entra | Microsoft Entra ID
Microsoft Security | Microsoft Graph
asked 2023-05-16T12:27:01.56+00:00
Thomas Krohnfuß 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-05-21T17:44:04.2433333+00:00
MavridesChristopher-4078 25 Reputation points
6 answers

+92 country code not supported

Hi microsoft support i am unable to add my number for Two step verification against my microsoft ID

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
Microsoft Genomics
Microsoft Genomics
An Azure-based service for genome analysis.
5 questions
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | Networking | Network connectivity and file sharing
Windows for business | Windows Server | Devices and deployment | Configure application groups
Windows for business | Windows Client for IT Pros | User experience | Other
asked 2023-04-16T15:07:25.94+00:00
Muhammad Gul Iqbal 45 Reputation points
commented 2025-04-16T01:59:55.4933333+00:00
MineFire Official 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Is there any tangible risks associated with enabling AIP for Sharepoint Online?

Good day to you! My company will soon be enabling Azure Information Protection (AIP) along with some testing of sensitivity labels for Sharepoint Online via this method…

Azure Information Protection
Azure Information Protection
An Azure service that is used to control and help secure email, documents, and sensitive data that are shared outside the company.
565 questions
asked 2025-04-02T18:47:08.3066667+00:00
Hubbard, Christopher M 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-04-02T19:32:36.04+00:00
Hubbard, Christopher M 20 Reputation points