SharePoint: Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Backfill for SharePoint Sites
We are thrilled to announce a powerful new feature that allows tenant admins to select an existing SharePoint Online (SPO) site and backfill OCR for documents already present in the library. This means you no longer need to move all your documents to a new site to ensure they are OCRed and protected. We plan to release a private preview at end of May, if you would like to enable this feature please reach out the feature team and we will enable the feature on your tenant. Only files without OCR will be processed, ensuring efficient use of resources and preventing double charges for unchanged documents. This update streamlines your workflow, making it easier to manage and protect your documents. Product SharePoint Release phase Targeted Release Release date June CY2025 Platform Web Cloud Instance Worldwide (Standard Multi-Tenant) Created 2025-04-28 Roadmap ID 491023 Roadmap Link https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?id=491023
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