Group sensitivity walkthrough

With group sensitivity labels, you can understand the data sensitivity of your Microsoft 365 Groups at a glance and apply the right security settings automatically to ensure your data remains secure.

Index

• Create and edit group sensitivity labels
• Apply group sensitivity labels to new groups
• Manually apply a group sensitivity label
• Filter group sensitivity labels

Create and edit group sensitivity labels

You can create your own group sensitivity labels and edit existing ones.

Review your group sensitivity label settings if you want to ensure that the desired security settings are applied.

For more information on editing your group sensitivity labels, click here.

Apply group sensitivity labels to new groups

The ShareGate Apricot Teams bot asks your owners to choose a group sensitivity label when they create new Microsoft 365 Groups.

For more information on the ShareGate Apricot Teams bot click here.

Manually apply a group sensitivity label

1. Click on the Groups tab.
2. Click on the group you want to apply a group sensitivity label to.
   
   Tip: You can select multiple groups to add or remove group sensitivity labels on several at once.
   
3. Click  in the group details.
4. Select your desired group sensitivity label from the dropdown.
   

Filter group sensitivity labels

To filter your groups by group sensitivity labels, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Groups tab.
2. Click on the filter icon in the top left corner.
   
3. Click Group sensitivity in the menu to expand the section and reveal the available group sensitivity labels.
4. Add a checkmark next to the group sensitivity labels you want to filter your Groups with.

Tip: To sort your groups by purpose, click on the Sensitivity column title in the Groups screen.