Azure Information Protection Implementation — Microsoft Purview Information Protection
IT Partner’s Azure Information Protection Implementation is a 10-day project for organizations that need help discovering, classifying, labeling, and protecting sensitive documents and emails using Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Azure Information Protection). The scope is deliberately focused: up to 5 sensitivity labels and up to 5 label policies, designed with your stakeholders, configured with encryption and access-control protection settings, piloted, and handed over.
What this engagement is
This service helps organizations protect sensitive data across documents and emails using Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Azure Information Protection). IT Partner implements sensitive-information discovery and classification, then designs and configures up to 5 sensitivity labels and up to 5 label policies with protection settings that use encryption and access control, pilots the configuration with representative users, and hands the environment over with documentation. The scope is deliberately limited to sensitivity labels and label policies so the engagement stays clear and predictable — identity controls such as Conditional Access policies, Microsoft Entra ID Protected Actions, and risk-based access are covered by separate services.
Success criteria
What you receive
How the work unfolds
Day 1 — Kickoff and scope confirmation: confirm business objectives, regulatory drivers, target users, data locations, tenant readiness, success criteria, project contacts, and the 10-day delivery schedule.
Day 2 — Current-state review: review existing sensitivity labels, Microsoft Purview Information Protection settings, administrative roles, and any existing data protection policies.
Day 3 — Information protection design: define the initial label taxonomy, label descriptions, user-facing guidance, encryption requirements, access permissions, label publishing strategy, and pilot group approach.
Day 4 — Sensitive information and classification configuration: configure or validate relevant sensitive information types, classification logic, and discovery settings within the agreed scope.
Day 5 — Sensitivity label configuration: create or update sensitivity labels, label policies, protection settings, encryption behavior, content marking requirements, and user availability based on the approved design.
Day 6 — Policy enforcement and client experience configuration: validate label behavior across supported Microsoft 365 apps and devices, confirm default labeling or recommended labeling settings where applicable, and tune policy behavior to reduce unnecessary user disruption.
Day 7 — Label policy publishing and scoping: publish the approved label policies (up to 5) to the pilot groups, configure policy settings such as default labeling, mandatory labeling, and justification prompts, and confirm publishing behavior.
Day 8 — Client-experience tuning and documentation: validate the end-user labeling experience across supported Office apps and Outlook on the web, confirm co-authoring behavior for encrypted files, and draft the administrator runbook.
Day 9 — Pilot validation and remediation: run pilot test cases with client stakeholders, validate labeling, encryption, and access behavior, and adjust configurations based on approved feedback.
Day 10 — Handover and closeout: provide implementation summary, configuration notes, administrator walkthrough, known limitations, operational recommendations, and final acceptance review.
Prerequisites
Who does what
IT Partner
- Lead kickoff, discovery, design, implementation, pilot validation, and handover activities for the agreed Azure Information Protection implementation scope.
- Review the current Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Azure Information Protection) configuration relevant to the engagement.
- Recommend an initial sensitivity label taxonomy and policy structure — up to 5 labels and up to 5 policies — based on the client’s stated regulatory and business requirements.
- Configure the agreed sensitivity labels, label policies, protection settings, encryption options, access permissions, and user-facing label guidance.
- Configure agreed discovery, classification, and sensitive information identification settings within Microsoft Purview Information Protection.
- Support pilot testing, troubleshoot configuration issues found during the pilot, and tune settings within the agreed scope.
- Provide a closeout summary, administrator walkthrough, configuration notes, and operational recommendations for ongoing management.
Your team
- Provide timely tenant access, administrative role assignments, security approvals, and change approvals required for the implementation.
- Confirm that required Microsoft licensing is available and assigned to users included in the implementation and pilot scope.
- Identify business, security, compliance, legal, and IT stakeholders who can make policy decisions and approve the label design.
- Provide classification requirements, regulatory drivers, sample document types, sensitive data examples, and business rules needed to design labels and policies.
- Approve the proposed label taxonomy, protection settings, and pilot rollout plan before production-impacting changes are enabled.
- Provide pilot users and test accounts with representative devices, applications, and data access patterns.
- Complete pilot test cases, report issues promptly, and validate whether labeling, encryption, and access behavior meet business needs.
- Communicate changes to affected users and provide any internal user training or change management unless separately contracted with IT Partner.
- Maintain emergency access accounts, internal operational ownership, and ongoing monitoring after project closeout.
- Review and accept final deliverables or provide consolidated feedback within the agreed project timeline.
What's not included
Limitations & technical notes
Frequently asked questions
What is IT Partner’s Azure Information Protection Implementation service?
IT Partner’s Azure Information Protection Implementation is a 10-day project to help organizations discover, classify, label, and protect sensitive documents and emails. The implementation uses Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Azure Information Protection) to configure up to 5 sensitivity labels and up to 5 label policies with encryption and access-control protection settings, validated with pilot users before enforcement.
How long does the Azure Information Protection Implementation take?
The listed duration is 1-2 weeks — a 10-business-day plan that runs from kickoff and current-state review through design, configuration, policy publishing, pilot validation, and handover. The schedule is sized to the included scope of up to 5 sensitivity labels and up to 5 label policies, and timing depends on client availability for workshops, approvals, and pilot testing.
How much does the Azure Information Protection Implementation cost?
The service is priced at $6,000 per project, quoted fixed-price in writing before work begins. The fixed price covers the full included scope of up to 5 sensitivity labels and up to 5 label policies; Microsoft licensing is not included.
What is included in the Azure Information Protection Implementation?
The service includes implementation of Microsoft Purview Information Protection capabilities for sensitive information discovery and classification, configuration of up to 5 sensitivity labels and up to 5 label policies with encryption and access-control protection settings, pilot validation with representative users, and a documented handover. Identity controls such as Conditional Access and Protected Actions are covered by separate services.
Which Microsoft technologies are used in this implementation?
The implementation uses Microsoft Purview Information Protection (formerly Azure Information Protection) for classification, sensitivity labels, label policies, and protection settings. Microsoft Entra ID is involved only as the identity foundation for label access permissions.
Does the service include Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access?
No — deliberately. This implementation is focused on sensitivity labels and label policies so the scope stays clear and predictable. Conditional Access design and implementation is covered by IT Partner’s separate Microsoft Entra ID Conditional Access Policy Implementation service, and the two combine well.
How many labels and policies are included?
Up to 5 sensitivity labels and up to 5 label policies are designed, configured, and piloted within the fixed price. Most small and midsize organizations start well within that; if your taxonomy needs more, the extension is quoted separately once the initial five prove out.
Can more labels or policies be added later?
Yes. The initial taxonomy is built so it can grow — additional labels, sublabels, policies, and broader Microsoft Purview capabilities such as Data Loss Prevention can be added in a follow-on engagement once the first five labels and policies are settled in production.
What are the prerequisites for this Azure Information Protection Implementation?
You need an active Microsoft tenant with Microsoft Purview Information Protection available, appropriate licensing for sensitivity labeling and protection, administrative access for the implementation, and named stakeholders who can approve label names, protection settings, and access rules.
What responsibilities does the client have during the project?
The client provides tenant access and administrative role assignments, confirms licensing, identifies stakeholders who can approve the label design, supplies classification requirements and sensitive-data examples, approves the taxonomy before enforcement, provides pilot users and devices, completes pilot test cases, and communicates changes to affected users.
Will this implementation cause downtime or disrupt users?
No downtime is expected. The implementation configures labeling and protection policies alongside your production environment; label publishing and any user-impacting policy changes are scheduled and approved with you first, so users keep working normally throughout the project.
What is not included in the Azure Information Protection Implementation?
Conditional Access, Protected Actions, risk-based access control, and identity monitoring (separate services); labels or policies beyond the included five of each; Microsoft license procurement; broad Microsoft Purview rollout such as full DLP, eDiscovery, or Insider Risk Management; large-scale data cleanup; custom development; end-user training programs; and remediation of pre-existing tenant issues. 24/7 support, continuous managed monitoring, and ongoing policy administration are available as optional extra-cost add-ons delivered through IT Partner's NOC, third-party support partnerships, and Microsoft support escalation channels.