I need a sample image containing Microsoft Metadata

Hi @Ian Hicks

At this time, Microsoft does not provide a public repository of media files pre-populated with Microsoft-specific metadata.

However, the metadata used across Microsoft services (such as Windows, OneDrive, and SharePoint) is based on standard metadata formats, including:

• EXIF – camera/device info, timestamps
• IPTC/XMP – title, author, keywords, copyright
• Windows file properties – Title, Tags, Comments, Author, Company

These formats are fully compatible with Microsoft tools, so creating a sample file locally will accurately reflect how metadata behaves in Microsoft environments.

Recommended approach

You can easily create your own sample file with “Microsoft-style metadata”:

1: Using Windows

1. Take any .jpg or .png image
2. Right-click --> Properties --> Details tab
3. Add values such as:
   • Title
     • Subject
       • Tags
         • Authors
           • Comments
           1. Click Apply

This will embed metadata in a way that is fully compatible with Microsoft ecosystems, including SharePoint.

2: Using external tools

If you need more advanced or structured metadata:

Use tools like ExifTool or similar editors

Add fields like:

• XMP:Title
• XMP:Creator
• XMP:Description
• Keywords

Thank you!

Hi @Ian Hicks

Did you get any chance to review the above response. Do let me know if you have any further queries.

Thank you!

Thanks.

The funny thing is that what you suggest is the OPPOSITE of what I am trying to review.

I have made changes using File Properties, and am working with ExifTool.

So, what I need is something CREATED by Sharepoint to see how and what it creates, not what these others create that is fully compatible with the Microsoft ecosystems.

Hi @Ian Hicks

Thank you for the clarification.

I understand that you are not looking for generic EXIF/IPTC/XMP metadata created manually, or metadata merely compatible with Microsoft tools,

but specifically for:

• metadata written/generated by SharePoint or Microsoft 365 services themselves,
• so you can analyze the actual structure, fields, and tags Microsoft adds internally.

In that case, the important distinction is:

SharePoint generally does not embed most metadata back into the image binary itself

For files stored in SharePoint Online / Microsoft 365:

• much of the metadata is stored separately in SharePoint document library properties,
• Microsoft Graph indexing,
• or M365 content services,

rather than being physically written into the JPEG/PNG EXIF/XMP blocks.

This is why finding a “SharePoint-generated metadata image” publicly is difficult.

What SharePoint may add or expose

Depending on the workflow/features used, SharePoint/M365 may generate or associate:

• AI-generated tags
• OCR/indexing metadata
• sensitivity labels
• Microsoft Graph signals
• search/index metadata
• Syntex/content understanding metadata

However, these are often:

• stored in SharePoint item properties,
• retained in Microsoft Graph/search indexes,
• or exposed through APIs, rather than embedded directly into the image file itself.

So in many cases downloading the original JPEG/PNG from SharePoint will show little or no additional embedded metadata compared to the uploaded source file.

Why you may have seen JSON exports

The JSON you saw was most likely:

• Microsoft Graph metadata,
• SharePoint list item metadata,
• Syntex extracted metadata,
• or API-exported document properties,

rather than metadata physically embedded inside the image binary.

Examples include:

• Graph API responses
• SharePoint REST API output
• Search index metadata
• AI enrichment results

Recommended approach to reproduce authentic SharePoint-generated metadata

The most accurate method would be:

Upload a sample JPEG into SharePoint Online

Enable/document:

• AI tagging
  • Syntex/content understanding
    • OCR/search indexing
      • sensitivity labels
• Download the original file and separately export the SharePoint/Graph metadata via API
• Compare embedded EXIF/XMP metadata vs SharePoint-side metadata

This will let you see exactly what Microsoft stores inside the file, versus externally in M365 services.

As of today, Microsoft does not appear to publicly provide downloadable sample JPEG/PNG files containing SharePoint-generated AI metadata, or documentation listing all proprietary metadata tags written into media files by SharePoint.

Most Microsoft AI/content metadata is service-side rather than embedded directly into the media file itself.

Thank you!