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Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business
Microsoft Purview will gain OCR capability to detect sensitive content within images (JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, PDF) stored in SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business, enabling DLP policies to prevent data exfiltration. This feature is currently in preview and does not require immediate action.
Microsoft's 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 in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PDF (image-only PDF).