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Microsoft Purview compliance portal
Data Loss Prevention for endpoints - Optical character recognition (OCR) support for embedded images in endpoint

Feature details and release plans from a build snapshot of Microsoft's official roadmap feed.

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Product
Microsoft Purview compliance portal
Release status
Launched
RSS publication

Feature overview

This release will extend OCR support from standalone images (JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, TIFF, and PDF) to images embedded inside the following files and file types: Office files (XLSX, DOCX, PPTX), container files (zip, rar, 7z, and more), and PDF files. Image-only PDF files are already supported, and this this release will support hybrid PDF files containing images and searchable text. Updated May 20, 2026: We have paused rollout and will resume soon. Thank you for your patience.

Expected release date

June CY2026
Preview date: April CY2026

Source: Microsoft 365 Roadmap RSS (build snapshot) Feature ID: 381750

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