What file types does Symantec DLP support for MIP "Microsoft Information Protection"

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What file types does Symantec DLP support for MIP "Microsoft Information Protection"

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You would like to know what file types are support by MIP "Microsoft Information Protection".

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NOTE: This extension list was taken from the Microsoft documentation below. This list is provided as a reference, on what formats Microsoft supports for MIP.

File types supported - Microsoft Information Protection SDK | Microsoft Learn

Regarding classification by DLP Endpoint: MIP Classification action response rule. The DLP agent supports the following applications.

Word
Excel
PowerPoint
Outlook (Endpoint Client)

MIP Classification Scan - Supported file types

MIP classification is supported for limited file types only. Few additional file types are supported for classification with O365 protection action where file contents get encrypted while applying MIP labels.

This lists the supported file types for MIP classification and classification with O365 protection actions.

Supported file types
File types supported for classification only

The following file types can be classified even when they are not protected.

Adobe Portable Document Format: .pdf
Microsoft Power BI: .pbit, .pbix
Microsoft Project: .mpp, .mpt
Microsoft Publisher: .pub
Microsoft XPS: .xps .oxps
Images: .jpg, .jpe, .jpeg, .jif, .jfif, .jfi, .png, .tif, .tiff
Autodesk Design Review 2013: .dwfx
Adobe Photoshop: .psd
Digital Negative: .dng

The supported file formats for these file types are the 97-2003 file formats and Office Open XML formats for the following Office programs:

Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

.doc

.docm

.docx

.dot

.dotm

.dotx

.potm

.potx

.pps

.ppsm

.ppsx

.ppt

.pptm

.pptx

.vdw

.vsd

.vsdm

.vsdx

.vss

.vssm

.vst

.vstm

.vssx

.vstx

.xls

.xlsb

.xlt

.xlsm

.xlsx

.xltm

.xltx

Supported file types for classification and protection
The following table lists a subset of file types that support native protection by the Microsoft Information Protection SDK, and that can also be classified.

These file types are identified separately because when they are natively protected, the original file name extension is changed, and these files become read-only. Note that when files are generically protected, the original file name extension is always changed to .pfile.

.txt .ptxt
.xml .pxml
.jpg .pjpg
.jpeg .pjpeg
.pdf .ppdf [1]
.png .ppng
.tif .ptif
.tiff .ptiff
.bmp .pbmp
.gif .pgif
.jpe .pjpe
.jfif .pjfif

For these files, the file name extension remains the same after the file is protected by a Rights Management service.