Sensitivity Label & Auto-labelling Policies
The question it answers: Which sensitivity labels are published, is labelling mandatory or defaulted, and are auto-labelling policies enforcing?
Labels only protect what gets labelled. Which labels are actually published to users, is labelling mandatory or at least defaulted, and are auto-labelling policies applying labels - or have they sat in simulation for months?
At a glance
Section titled “At a glance”| Where in the app | Tenant › Compliance & Audit › Sensitivity Labels |
| Workload | Compliance |
| Kind | Findings list · dashboard tile |
| Data | Read from Microsoft 365 when someone first opens it, then kept for the report cache lifetime (Settings > Data & cache, 1 hour unless changed). It reads through PowerShell (Exchange Online or SharePoint Online), so the first load takes longer than a Graph report. |
| Licence | Microsoft 365 E3 / Business Premium for manual labels; E5 (or E5 Compliance / Information Protection) for auto-labelling. |
| Report id (API and MCP) | tenant.compliance.sensitivity-labels |
Columns
Section titled “Columns”| Column | Key | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Severity | Severity | Status |
| Area | Category | Text |
| Subject | Subject | Link |
| Setting | Setting | Text |
| Current value | Value | Text |
| Assessment | Finding | Text |
| Detail | Detail | Text |
| Date | When | Date |
| Count | Number | Number |
A findings list hides columns that no row fills. Severity is Critical, Serious, Warning, OK or Info; rows rated Critical, Serious or Warning need attention (Working with findings).
What it needs
Section titled “What it needs”Licence: Microsoft 365 E3 / Business Premium for manual labels; E5 (or E5 Compliance / Information Protection) for auto-labelling.
Application permissions on the IntensiveReports app registration (all permissions):
| Permission | API | What it allows | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
Exchange.ManageAsApp | Office 365 Exchange Online | Manage Exchange As Application |
Roles and other setup:
- Purview role for the app: Compliance Administrator (or a view-only compliance role)
Data sources it reads
Connect-IPPSSession (prefix Cc)Get-LabelGet-LabelPolicyGet-AutoSensitivityLabelPolicy
Through the API and MCP
Section titled “Through the API and MCP”GET /ir-api/v1/reports/tenant.compliance.sensitivity-labels?size=100An AI assistant reads it with the MCP tool get_report and the id tenant.compliance.sensitivity-labels. The client needs the Read grant for Compliance. See Using the API.