New in Catalog Management: Create custom group of sites

🚨 The Signal: SharePoint Advanced Management now allows custom site categorization using CSV, site properties, and Entra ID attributes. This improves site governance, discovery, and future administration, enabling better classification of sensitive data locations.

The Impact

SharePoint and M365 administrators are affected, with a low security risk related to improved data organization and potential for better governance.

• SharePoint Admins: Improved site classification for better data governance.
• M365 Admins: New tools for organizing SharePoint sites, aiding compliance.
• Governance Teams: Enhanced ability to define and enforce information architecture policies.
• Information Architects: Greater flexibility in structuring site taxonomies.

The Action

1. Review existing SharePoint site classification policies and identify opportunities for leveraging new catalog management features.
2. Plan the integration of Microsoft Entra ID extension attributes for targeted category visibility.
3. Develop a strategy for bulk-creating catalog categories using CSV uploads for large environments.
4. Communicate new classification capabilities to governance and information architecture teams.

Domain: SharePoint · Impact: low · Workload: SharePoint