Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Loss Prevention - Optical character recognition (OCR) support for endpoint Beta
Data as of 2 hours ago (26 October 2026)
Status
In development
Release month
March 2027
+5 mo since tracked, moved 1×
Release ring
General Availability
Products
Microsoft Purview
Cloud instances
DoDGCCGCC High
Platforms
Web
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 on your Windows endpoint devices. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP and PDF (image only PDF).
Change history
Added to the roadmap 4 August 2023. Tracked here since 1 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: October 2026 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
- 10 October 2026 Release month October 2026 March 2027 +5 mo