Protection scope for the security policy

In the default security policy, you can set a custom protection scope by selecting users and user groups that you want to protect in the policy.

Depending on the size of the Office 365 organization and the number of selected users, it may take up to several hours to update the protection scope.

Protected users

To configure users and / or user groups that you want to protect in the policy:

1. Select the Protected users section.
2. Select one of the following options:
   • Protect all users and groups, if you want to protect all users and groups within the current Office 365 organization. If you select this option, any new users further added to your organization will be included automatically in the protection scope.
   • Protect selected users and groups only, if you want to protect only specific users and/or user groups. If you select specific user groups, any new users subsequently added to them will be included automatically in the protection scope.
3. For the Protect selected users and groups only option, select the check boxes next to the users and/or user groups that you want to protect.

   To filter the list of users and/or user groups, use the Search entry field or the Display the following users and groups list (available values are All, Selected, and Not selected).

   The users and user groups are listed alphabetically; at that, user groups are listed first. By default, the list of users and user groups is arranged by 10 lines per page. You can switch the pages of the list back and forth or change the default number of displayed lines per page at the bottom of the page.

   To view the users included in a group, click the name of the group. The elements will be displayed in a separate window.

4. Click Save.

If necessary, you can force the application to retrieve the list of users and user groups from OneDrive by clicking the Synchronize list link above the list.