{"id":12443,"date":"2025-08-02T09:01:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/?p=12443"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T00:01:25","slug":"mc1127224-sharepoint-esignature-now-globally-available-excluding-china-indonesia-and-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/2025-08-02-mc1127224-sharepoint-esignature-now-globally-available-excluding-china-indonesia-and-turkiye","title":{"rendered":"MC1127224 | SharePoint eSignature now globally available (excluding China, Indonesia, and T\u00fcrkiye)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"section\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"95%\">MC1127224 | SharePoint eSignature now globally available (excluding China, Indonesia, and T\u00fcrkiye)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<hr>\n<table id=\"data\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Classification<\/th>\n<td>planForChange<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Last Updated<\/th>\n<td>08\/01\/2025 23:17:06<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Start Time<\/th>\n<td>08\/01\/2025 23:16:58<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>End Time<\/th>\n<td>11\/01\/2025 07:00:00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>Message Content<\/th>\n<td>\n<p><b>Introduction<br \/>  <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s native eSignature service for SharePoint enables users to request simple electronic signatures directly from Word and PDF documents stored in SharePoint. This feature ensures documents remain within Microsoft\u2019s trusted boundaries, enhancing security   and compliance. This capability is now expanding to all Microsoft 365 markets, except China, Indonesia, and T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n<p>This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/roadmap?filters=&amp;searchterms=497419\" target=\"_blank\">  497419<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>  <\/p>\n<p><b>When this will happen<br \/>  <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Rollout begins in late August 2025 and is expected to complete by late September 2025.  <\/p>\n<p><b>How this affects your organization<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Once enabled by a Global or SharePoint Administrator in the Microsoft 365 admin center, users will be able to:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Request eSignatures from Word documents using Microsoft Word Desktop (Beta and Current Channels) when stored in SharePoint sites with eSignature enabled.  <\/li>\n<li>Request eSignatures from PDF documents hosted in SharePoint eSignature-enabled sites.  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This feature is <b>off by default <\/b>and requires admin configuration to enable.  <\/p>\n<p><b>What you can do to prepare<br \/>  <\/b><\/p>\n<p>To enable SharePoint eSignature:  <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Review <a href=\"https:\/\/learn.microsoft.com\/microsoft-365\/syntex\/esignature-overview\" target=\"_blank\">  Overview of eSignature<\/a> documentation.<\/li>\n<li>In the Microsoft 365 admin center, toggle the Word option ON for your tenant.  <\/li>\n<li>Deploy the Group Policy setting \u201cAllow the use of SharePoint eSignature for Microsoft Word\u201d using:<br \/> \n<ul>\n<li>Cloud Policy Service  <\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Intune  <\/li>\n<li>Group Policy Manager  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b> SharePoint eSignature for PDFs does not require Group Policy configuration.  <\/p>\n<p>Inform your users about the new eSignature experience available in Word and PDF documents stored in SharePoint.  <\/p>\n<p><b>Compliance considerations<br \/>  <\/b><\/p>\n<p>No compliance considerations identified, review as appropriate for your organization.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MC1127224 | SharePoint eSignature now globally available (excluding China, Indonesia, and T\u00fcrkiye) Classificat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12443\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/m365jp.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}