Labeling activities that are available in Activity explorer
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Sensitivity label applied
This event is generated each time an unlabeled document is labeled or an email is sent with a sensitivity label.
- It's captured when saved in native Microsoft Office applications and web applications.
- It's captured when a label is applied for the Microsoft Purview Information Protection client.
- Upgrade and downgrade labels actions can also be monitored via the Label event type field and filter.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Yes | |
| Outlook | Yes | If a sensitivity label has been applied to any email in an email thread, the same label is automatically applied to subsequent replies on the thread. These labeling events appear in activity explorer as automatic labeling events, even when automatic labeling hasn't been configured. |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Yes | |
| Exchange | Yes | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client and scanner | Yes | The new label action is mapped to label applied in activity explorer |
| Microsoft Information Protection (MIP) SDK | Yes | The new label action is mapped to label applied in activity explorer |
| Rights Management Service (RMS) | Not applicable | |
| Power BI desktop and web | No | Accessible in the Microsoft 365 audit logs |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | No |
Sensitivity label changed
This event is generated each time a sensitivity label is updated on the document or email.
- For the Microsoft Purview Information Protection client and scanner, and MIP SDK sources, the upgrade label and downgrade label action maps to Activity explorer label changed.
- It's captured when the action is saved in native Microsoft Office applications and web applications.
- It's captured when the action occurs for the Microsoft Purview Information Protection client and scanner enforcements.
- Upgrade and downgrade labels actions can also be monitored via the Label event type field and filter. The justification text is also captured, except for SharePoint and OneDrive.
- Sensitivity labeling in Microsoft Office apps: Outlook collects the last action that was generated before file save/email send actions. For example, if the user changes label on an email multiple times before sending, the last label found on the email when it is sent is captured in the audit log and then reported in activity explorer.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Yes | |
| Outlook | Yes | |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Yes | |
| Exchange | Yes | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Yes | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Yes | |
| MIP SDK | Yes | |
| RMS service | Not applicable | |
| Power BI desktop and Web | No | Accessible in the Microsoft 365 audit logs |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | No |
Sensitivity label removed
This event is generated each time a sensitivity label is removed from a file or document.
- This event is captured when the document is saved in Microsoft Office applications and web applications.
- It's captured when the label is removed for the Microsoft Purview Information Protection client.
- Sensitivity labeling in Microsoft Office: Outlook collects the last labeling event that was generated before file save/email send actions.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Yes | |
| Outlook | Yes | |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Yes | |
| Exchange | Yes | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Yes | The remove label action is mapped to the label removed action in activity explorer |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Yes | The remove label action is mapped to the label removed action in activity explorer |
| MIP SDK | Yes | The remove label action is mapped to the label removed action in activity explorer |
| RMS service | Not applicable | |
| Power BI desktop and Web | No | Accessible in the Microsoft 365 audit logs |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | No |
Sensitivity label file read
This event is generated each time a sensitivity labeled or protected document is opened.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Yes | |
| Outlook | No | |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | No | |
| Exchange | No | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Yes | The access action is mapped to the file read action in activity explorer |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Yes | The access action is mapped to the file read action in activity explorer |
| MIP SDK | Yes | The access action is mapped to the file read action in activity explorer |
| RMS service | Yes | The access action is mapped to the file read action in activity explorer |
| Power BI desktop and Web | No | Accessible in the Microsoft 365 audit logs |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | No |
Files discovered
This event is generated each time files are discovered when the Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner is used for scanning sensitive data in various locations and finds files.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Not applicable | |
| Outlook | Not applicable | |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Not applicable | |
| Exchange | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Yes | The discover action is mapped to the files discovered action in activity explorer |
| MIP SDK | Yes | The discover action is mapped to the file discovered action in Activity explorer |
| RMS service | Not applicable | |
| Power BI desktop and Web | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Not applicable |
Sensitivity label file renamed
This event is generated each time a document with a sensitivity label is renamed.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Yes | |
| Outlook | Not applicable | |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | No | |
| Exchange | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | No | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | No | |
| MIP SDK | No | |
| RMS service | No | |
| Power BI desktop and Web | No | |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | No |
File removed
This event is generated each time the Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner detects that a previously scanned file has been removed.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | Not applicable | |
| Outlook | Not applicable | |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Not applicable | |
| Exchange | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Yes | |
| MIP SDK | Not applicable | |
| RMS service | Not applicable | |
| Power BI desktop and Web | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Not applicable |
Protection applied
This event is generated the first-time protection is added manually to an item that doesn't have a label.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | No | |
| Outlook | No | |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Not applicable | |
| Exchange | No | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Yes | |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Not applicable | |
| MIP SDK | Yes | |
| RMS service | Not applicable | |
| Power BI desktop and Web | Not applicable | |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Not applicable |
Protection changed
This event is generated each time the protection on an unlabeled document is changed manually.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer |
|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | No |
| Outlook | No |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Not applicable |
| Exchange | No |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Not applicable |
| MIP SDK | Yes |
| RMS service | Not applicable |
| Power BI desktop and Web | Not applicable |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Not applicable |
Protection removed
This event is generated each time the protection on an unlabeled document is changed manually.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer |
|---|---|
| Word, Excel, PowerPoint | No |
| Outlook | No |
| SharePoint, OneDrive | Not applicable |
| Exchange | No |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection client | Yes |
| Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner | Not applicable |
| MIP SDK | Yes |
| RMS service | Not applicable |
| Power BI desktop and Web | Not applicable |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | Not applicable |
DLP policy matched
This event is generated each time a DLP policy is matched on a document or an email.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer |
|---|---|
| Exchange | Yes |
| SharePoint | Yes |
| OneDrive | Yes |
| Teams | Yes |
| Windows 10, Windows 11, and macOS devices | Yes |
| MAC | No |
| On-premises | No |
| Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps | No |
The Endpoint DLP events for devices running Windows 10, Windows 11, and any of the three most recently released major versions of macOS are:
- File deleted
- File created
- File copied to clipboard
- File modified
- File read
- File printed
- File renamed
- File copied to network share
- File accessed by unallowed app
Retention label applied
This event is generated each time an unlabeled document is labeled or an email is sent with a retention label.
- It's captured at the time of save for a document and at time of sending for an email.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer |
|---|---|
| Exchange | No |
| SharePoint | Yes |
| OneDrive | Yes |
Retention label changed
This event is generated each time a label is updated on a document or email.
- It's captured at the time of save for a document and at time of sending for an email.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer |
|---|---|
| Exchange | No |
| SharePoint | Yes |
| OneDrive | Yes |
Retention label removed
This event is generated each time a label is removed from a file or document.
- It's captured at the time of save for a document and at time of sending for an email.
| Source | Reported in Activity explorer |
|---|---|
| Exchange | No |
| SharePoint | Yes |
| OneDrive | Yes |
Known issues
When the recommended label tool tip is shown to an end user, it isn't captured. However, if the user chooses to apply the recommended label, the label is shown under the How applied field as Recommended.
Justification text isn't currently available when downgrading sensitivity labels from SharePoint and OneDrive.
Sensitive information types are currently not available for autolabeling activities from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, SharePoint, and OneDrive.