Microsoft 365 app: Microsoft Loop – New personal Loop workspace

🚨 The Signal: Microsoft Loop now provides a personal workspace for all users, stored in SharePoint Embedded. This creates new user-owned data containers, requiring security teams to ensure existing data governance and compliance policies extend to these new locations.

The Impact

All users are affected by new data storage locations, creating a risk of unmanaged data if Purview policies are not confirmed.

• Security Teams: Risk of unmanaged data if Purview policies don't cover new Loop workspaces.
• Compliance Teams: Risk of non-compliance if data retention and eDiscovery don't extend to new containers.
• End Users: New personal workspace for Loop content, potentially increasing data creation.
• Admins: Need to verify SharePoint Embedded container governance and lifecycle management.

The Action

1. Verify existing Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management policies apply to SharePoint Embedded containers.
2. Confirm Microsoft Purview eDiscovery and Audit policies cover Loop personal workspaces.
3. Review Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance policies for applicability to Loop content.
4. Educate users on appropriate data storage and sharing practices within Loop personal workspaces.

Domain: SharePoint · Impact: medium · Workload: SharePoint