Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels: Sensitivity label grouping modernization coming this fall (?)

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There is a change coming to Microsoft Purview Information Protection that simplifies sensitivity label architecture. The goal is to make label management easier, more scalable, and less rigid for organizations. The new model will only include standalone labels and sublabels. Parent labels will be replaced by label groups, which act as organizational containers. These groups cannot be applied to content and have no actions or scope, but they retain color and priority for visual organization. Hopefully, this change will make it much easier to move labels around and make other changes in production: for example, converting a standalone label into a sublabel or moving sublabels between groups without breaking dependencies.  From my experience, this update solves one of the biggest challenges in large environments: rigid label hierarchies. The new dynamic model gives admins the agility they need to adapt quickly as compliance and business needs evolve. For admins, migration will be quic...

OCS Edge issues

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Here are a tips regarding an Edge installation I recently deployed.

1. Edge does not support *.domain.whatever certificates. You need one cert per service.

2. Default values on a A/V edge settings on a pool states port 443. This is wrong, as when you install the edge it states 5062. (described in this blogpost).

3. Edge services currently only support the US regional settings. If you experience unexplainable issues, try to log on to the server as the service account and change region to English US (ther is a hotfix for this, but it's not widely available. (You need to contact MS to get it).
Read about it here.

I know you'll find this if you search for it, but I just wanted to collect them here for future referance for myself