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Microsoft 365 admin center: Organizational Data – Granular access policy controls for custom attributes

Admins now have granular control over which users and groups can access custom attributes in Organizational Data, moving from broad all-employees or all-managers access to targeted access. This requires policy review and configuration to implement the more restrictive default approach for sensitive data governance.

Action required: Review and configure granular access policies for custom attributes in Organizational Data to control which users or groups can access sensitive data and whether managers can share data with Workforce Insights delegates.

Microsoft's description

We are introducing enhanced access policy management for Organizational Data in Microsoft 365. This update enables admins to release custom attributes to specific users or groups, rather than broadly to all employees or all managers. This provides a more conservative default approach for managing sensitive organizational data, while also supporting staged rollout of new attributes. Additionally, admins can configure whether leaders and managers are permitted to share non-public data with Workforce Insights delegates. This enhancement improves governance, flexibility, and control over organizational data access.

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