Preview of Azure Information Protection

In this section, we want to provide you with a short intro about the new upcoming capabilities of Azure Information Protection. The solution is based on the integrated solution of Secure Islands, an acquisition from last year. Microsoft builds up a solution that follows the following protection process:

Source: Microsoft

With this approach, Microsoft closes an existing gap in their solution. Now they are able to provide a complete process and make it usable for cloud services and on premise infrastructures.

We will receive the following key features from this solution:

• Automatic, user-driven, and recommended classifications
• Classification overrides and justifications
• Flexible policy and rules engine
• Protection using encryption, authentication, and use rights
• Document tracking and revocation

Now that we know the new key features, let's jump a bit in the new technology.

First of all, you can manage the new service over the new Azure Portal under https...