Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Optical character recognition (OCR) support for SharePoint Online and OneDrive for Business Beta
Data as of 2 hours ago (26 October 2026)
Status
In development
Release month
April 2027
+10 mo since tracked, moved 1×
Release ring
General Availability, Preview
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 in SharePoint Online and OneDrive. This release supports key file types like JPG, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP, and PDF (image-only PDF).
Change history
Added to the roadmap 16 August 2023. Tracked here since 1 September 2026. Earliest target we recorded: June 2026 (since tracked — Microsoft may have moved it before we started watching).
- 7 October 2026 Release month June 2026 April 2027 +10 mo