Deploying AIP clients

AIP clients are deployed to machines to allow for increased coverage of our AIP solution. This is what allows in-product label recommendations, for example, when users are working with sensitive data in email messages or Office documents.

There are two AIP clients that you can deploy, both of which we'll cover in this section:

• Azure Information Protection client (classic)
• Azure Information Protection unified labeling client

The classic client downloads labels and information from Azure. The unified labeling client is more recent and incorporates labels and information from the following centers:

• Office 365 Security & Compliance (protection.office.com)
• Microsoft 365 Security Center (security.microsoft.com)
• Microsoft 365 Compliance Center (compliance.microsoft.com)

You may wish to use the classic client for advanced features such as an on-premises...