Microsoft 365 Message Center item MC791114
MC791114 - (Updated) Data Loss Prevention: Decoupling policy tips and email notifications for SharePoint and OneDrive
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention will decouple policy tips and user email notifications for SharePoint and OneDrive, allowing admins to enable either or both independently. Rollout begins mid-April 2026 (preview) and early June 2026 (general availability). Configuration will use PowerShell or the DLP portal.
- Message Center ID
- MC791114
- Category
- stay Informed
- Severity
- normal
- Services
- Microsoft 365 suite, Microsoft Purview
- Tags
- Updated message, New feature, Admin impact
- Roadmap ID
- 394279
- Platforms
- Web
- Published
- 2024-05-08
- Last updated
- 2026-04-20
- Expires
- 2026-07-20
Updated April 20, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience. Coming soon to Microsoft Purview | Data Loss Prevention: When an admin wants to enable user email notifications, policy tips also need to be enabled and vice versa. After this rollout, notifications and policy tips will be decoupled, and admins can configure the following rules to enable:Only a user email notification Only a policy tip A user email notification and a policy tip No policy tips or user email notifications After this rollout, policy tips and user email notifications will align with the behavior currently available with Microsoft Exchange. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 394279. [When this will happen:] Public Preview: We will begin rolling out mid-April 2026 (previously February 20) and expect to complete by late April 2026 (previously late February). General Availability Worldwide: We will begin rolling out early June 2026 (previously mid-May) and expect to complete in mid-June 2026 (previously late May). [How this will affect your organization:] After rollout, to configure policy tips and user email notifications, you can use PowerShell or Purview | Data Loss Prevention. In PowerShell After rollout, use the new parameter called -NotifyUserType with the cmdlets New-DlpComplianceRule and Set-DlpComplianceRule. Use New-DlpComplianceRule to create a new rule. Use Set-DlpComplianceRule to update an existing rule. Default value: NotSet To enable a policy tip: PolicyTip To enable a user email notification: Email To enable a user email notification and a policy tip: Email,PolicyTip Example 1: New-DlpComplianceRule -Name "PT rule" -Policy "Policy Name" -ContentContainsSensitiveInformation @{Name="India Unique Identification (Aadhaar) Number"} -NotifyUserType PolicyTip -NotifyUser SiteAdmin,LastModifier,Owner Example 2: Set-DlpComplianceRule -Identity "Rule Name" -NotifyUserType Email To check that the value is set correctly, check the following and check the parameter value for NotifyUserType: Get-DlpComplianceRule -Identity "Rule Name" | fl In Data Loss Prevention (DLP)Before rollout: After rollout: DLP examplesRule 1: Configured to only trigger a user email notification: Rule 2: Configured to only trigger a policy tip: Rule 3: Configured to trigger a user email notification and a policy tip: [What you need to do to prepare:] This rollout will happen automatically by the specified dates with no admin action required before the rollout. You may want to update any relevant documentation as appropriate.