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4. To download a report in Excel format, click on the **Export** option in the top menu of the window.
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5. <a id="step-5"></a>To begin classifying your data, click on the **Classification tab** at the top of the window.
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6. The classification engine scans your database for columns containing potentially sensitive data and provides a list of **recommended column classifications**. To view and apply classification recommendations:
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- To view the list of recommended column classifications, click on the recommendations panel at the bottom of the window:
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- To view the list of recommended column classifications, click on the recommendations panel at the bottom of the window
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- Review the list of recommendations – to accept a recommendation for a specific column, check the checkbox in the left column of the relevant row. You can also mark *all recommendations* as accepted by checking the checkbox in the recommendations table header.
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- To apply the selected recommendations, click on the blue **Accept selected recommendations** button.
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7. You can also **manually classify** columns as an alternative, or in addition, to the recommendation-based classification:
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- Click on **Add classification** in the top menu of the window.
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- In the context window that opens, select the schema > table > column that you want to classify, and the information type and sensitivity label. Then click on the blue **Add classification** button at the bottom of the context window.
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8. To complete your classification and persistently label (tag) the database columns with the new classification metadata, click on **Save** in the top menu of the window.
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## <a id="subheading-3"></a>Auditing access to sensitive data
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An important aspect of the information protection paradigm is the ability to monitor access to sensitive data. [Azure SQL Database Auditing](sql-database-auditing.md) has been enhanced to include a new field in the audit log called *data_sensitivity_information*, which logs the sensitivity classifications (labels) of the actual data that was returned by the query.
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## <a id="subheading-6"></a>Next steps
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- Learn more about [advanced data security](sql-database-advanced-data-security.md).
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- Learn more about [Advanced Data Security](sql-database-advanced-data-security.md).
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- Consider configuring [Azure SQL Database Auditing](sql-database-auditing.md) for monitoring and auditing access to your classified sensitive data.
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- For a YouTube presentation that includes Data Discovery & Classification, see [Discovering, classifying, labeling & protecting SQL data | Data Exposed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itVi9bkJUNc).
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