diff --git a/.env_local_example b/.env_local_example
index 5126c95c9..626476ca1 100644
--- a/.env_local_example
+++ b/.env_local_example
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ OPENAI_CHAT_MODEL="gpt-4o"
 
 ##############
 # The below GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS will be applied to all prompts sent via attacks and can be altered whenever needed.
-# Example recommended labels are shown below: `username`, `op_name`. Others that may be useful include:
+# Example recommended labels are shown below: `operator`, `operation`. Others that may be useful include:
 # `language`, `harm_category`, `stage`, or `technique. For the above labels, please stick to the exact spelling,
 # spacing, and casing for better standardization throughout the database.
 ##############
-GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS = {"username": "username"}
+GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS = {"operator": "operator", "operation": "operation"}
 
 ##############
 # Set optional OPENAI_CHAT_ADDITIONAL_REQUEST_HEADERS to include additional HTTP headers in a dictionary format for API requests, e.g., {'key1': 'value1'}.
diff --git a/build_scripts/env_local_integration_test b/build_scripts/env_local_integration_test
index d9873e435..b61cfe7d2 100644
--- a/build_scripts/env_local_integration_test
+++ b/build_scripts/env_local_integration_test
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ DEFAULT_OPENAI_FRONTEND_ENDPOINT=${AZURE_OPENAI_INTEGRATION_TEST_ENDPOINT}
 DEFAULT_OPENAI_FRONTEND_KEY=${AZURE_OPENAI_INTEGRATION_TEST_KEY}
 DEFAULT_OPENAI_FRONTEND_MODEL=${AZURE_OPENAI_INTEGRATION_TEST_MODEL}
 
-GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS={"username": "integration-test", "op_name": "integration-test"}
+GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS={"operator": "integration-test", "operation": "integration-test"}
 
 ##############
 # Set optional OPENAI_CHAT_ADDITIONAL_REQUEST_HEADERS to include additional HTTP headers in a dictionary format for API requests, e.g., {'key1': 'value1'}.
diff --git a/doc/code/memory/4_manually_working_with_memory.md b/doc/code/memory/4_manually_working_with_memory.md
index 8beccb10f..f20af7a0e 100644
--- a/doc/code/memory/4_manually_working_with_memory.md
+++ b/doc/code/memory/4_manually_working_with_memory.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This is especially nice with scoring. There are countless ways to do this, but t
 ![scoring_2.png](../../../assets/scoring_3_pivot.png)
 
 ## Using AzureSQL Query Editor to Query and Export Data
-If you are using an AzureSQL Database, you can use the Query Editor to run SQL queries to retrieve desired data. Memory labels (`labels`) may be an especially useful column to query on for finding data pertaining to a specific operation, user, harm_category, etc. Memory labels are a free-from dictionary for tagging prompts with whatever information you'd like (e.g. `op_name`, `username`, `harm_category`). (For more information on memory labels, see the [Advanced Memory Guide](../memory/5_advanced_memory.ipynb).) An example is shown below:
+If you are using an AzureSQL Database, you can use the Query Editor to run SQL queries to retrieve desired data. Memory labels (`labels`) may be an especially useful column to query on for finding data pertaining to a specific operation, user, harm_category, etc. Memory labels are a free-from dictionary for tagging prompts with whatever information you'd like (e.g. `operation`, `operator`, `harm_category`). (For more information on memory labels, see the [Advanced Memory Guide](../memory/5_advanced_memory.ipynb).) An example is shown below:
 
 1. Write a SQL query in the Query Editor. You can either write these manually or use the "Open Query" option to load one in. The image below shows a query that gathers prompt entries with their corresponding scores for a specific operation (using the `labels` column) with a "float_scale" `score_type`.
 
diff --git a/pyrit/setup/configuration_loader.py b/pyrit/setup/configuration_loader.py
index 5e2ce65b9..6f720b303 100644
--- a/pyrit/setup/configuration_loader.py
+++ b/pyrit/setup/configuration_loader.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ class ConfigurationLoader(YamlLoadable):
         env_files: List of environment file paths to load.
             None means "use defaults (.env, .env.local)", [] means "load nothing".
         silent: Whether to suppress initialization messages.
+        operator: Name for the current operator, e.g. a team or username.
+        operation: Name for the current operation.
 
     Example YAML configuration:
         memory_db_type: sqlite
diff --git a/pyrit/setup/initializers/airt.py b/pyrit/setup/initializers/airt.py
index 96740565d..c899797b9 100644
--- a/pyrit/setup/initializers/airt.py
+++ b/pyrit/setup/initializers/airt.py
@@ -8,11 +8,15 @@
 AIRT configuration including converters, scorers, and targets using Azure OpenAI.
 """
 
+import json
 import os
 from collections.abc import Callable
 
+import yaml
+
 from pyrit.auth import get_azure_openai_auth, get_azure_token_provider
 from pyrit.common.apply_defaults import set_default_value, set_global_variable
+from pyrit.common.path import DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH
 from pyrit.executor.attack import (
     AttackAdversarialConfig,
     AttackScoringConfig,
@@ -43,12 +47,15 @@ class AIRTInitializer(PyRITInitializer):
     - Converter targets with Azure OpenAI configuration
     - Composite harm and objective scorers
     - Adversarial target configurations for attacks
+    - Use of an Azure SQL database
 
     Required Environment Variables:
     - AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_ENDPOINT: Azure OpenAI endpoint for converters and targets
     - AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_MODEL: Azure OpenAI model name for converters and targets
     - AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_ENDPOINT2: Azure OpenAI endpoint for scoring
     - AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_MODEL2: Azure OpenAI model name for scoring
+    - AZURE_SQL_DB_CONNECTION_STRING: Azure SQL database connection string
+    - AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_DB_DATA_CONTAINER_URL: Azure SQL database location
 
     Optional Environment Variables:
     - AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_KEY: API key for converter endpoint. If not set, Entra ID auth is used.
@@ -90,6 +97,8 @@ def required_env_vars(self) -> list[str]:
             "AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_ENDPOINT2",
             "AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_MODEL2",
             "AZURE_CONTENT_SAFETY_API_ENDPOINT",
+            "AZURE_SQL_DB_CONNECTION_STRING",
+            "AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_DB_DATA_CONTAINER_URL",
         ]
 
     async def initialize_async(self) -> None:
@@ -102,6 +111,9 @@ async def initialize_async(self) -> None:
         3. Adversarial target configurations
         4. Default values for all attack types
         """
+        # Ensure operator, operation, and email are populated from GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS.
+        self._validate_operation_fields()
+
         # Get environment variables (validated by validate() method)
         converter_endpoint = os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_ENDPOINT")
         converter_model_name = os.getenv("AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_MODEL")
@@ -255,3 +267,35 @@ def _setup_adversarial_targets(self, *, endpoint: str, api_key: str, model_name:
                 parameter_name="attack_adversarial_config",
                 value=adversarial_config,
             )
+
+    def _validate_operation_fields(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Check that mandatory global memory labels (operation, operator)
+        are populated.
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If mandatory global memory labels are missing.
+        """
+        with open(DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH) as f:
+            data = yaml.load(f, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
+
+        if "operator" not in data:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Error: `operator` was not set in .pyrit_conf. This is a required value for the AIRTInitializer."
+            )
+
+        if "operation" not in data:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "Error: `operation` was not set in .pyrit_conf. This is a required value for the AIRTInitializer."
+            )
+
+        raw_labels = os.environ.get("GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS")
+        labels = dict(json.loads(raw_labels)) if raw_labels else {}
+
+        if "operator" not in labels:
+            labels["operator"] = data["operator"]
+
+        if "operation" not in labels:
+            labels["operation"] = data["operation"]
+
+        os.environ["GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS"] = json.dumps(labels)
diff --git a/tests/unit/setup/test_airt_initializer.py b/tests/unit/setup/test_airt_initializer.py
index 2a8606cde..61f74cbe5 100644
--- a/tests/unit/setup/test_airt_initializer.py
+++ b/tests/unit/setup/test_airt_initializer.py
@@ -6,11 +6,21 @@
 from unittest.mock import patch
 
 import pytest
+import yaml
 
 from pyrit.common.apply_defaults import reset_default_values
 from pyrit.setup.initializers import AIRTInitializer
 
 
+@pytest.fixture
+def patch_pyrit_conf(tmp_path):
+    """Create a temporary .pyrit_conf file and patch DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH to point to it."""
+    conf_file = tmp_path / ".pyrit_conf"
+    conf_file.write_text(yaml.dump({"operator": "test_user", "operation": "test_op"}))
+    with patch("pyrit.setup.initializers.airt.DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH", conf_file):
+        yield
+
+
 class TestAIRTInitializer:
     """Tests for AIRTInitializer class - basic functionality."""
 
@@ -41,6 +51,11 @@ def setup_method(self) -> None:
         os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_ENDPOINT2"] = "https://test-scorer.openai.azure.com"
         os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_MODEL2"] = "gpt-4"
         os.environ["AZURE_CONTENT_SAFETY_API_ENDPOINT"] = "https://test-safety.cognitiveservices.azure.com"
+        os.environ["AZURE_SQL_DB_CONNECTION_STRING"] = "Server=test.database.windows.net;Database=testdb"
+        os.environ["AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_DB_DATA_CONTAINER_URL"] = "https://teststorage.blob.core.windows.net/data"
+        os.environ["GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS"] = (
+            '{"operation": "test_op", "operator": "test_user", "email": "test@test.com"}'
+        )
         # Clean up globals
         for attr in [
             "default_converter_target",
@@ -61,6 +76,9 @@ def teardown_method(self) -> None:
             "AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_ENDPOINT2",
             "AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_MODEL2",
             "AZURE_CONTENT_SAFETY_API_ENDPOINT",
+            "AZURE_SQL_DB_CONNECTION_STRING",
+            "AZURE_STORAGE_ACCOUNT_DB_DATA_CONTAINER_URL",
+            "GLOBAL_MEMORY_LABELS",
         ]:
             if var in os.environ:
                 del os.environ[var]
@@ -75,7 +93,7 @@ def teardown_method(self) -> None:
                 delattr(sys.modules["__main__"], attr)
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_initialize_runs_without_error(self):
+    async def test_initialize_runs_without_error(self, patch_pyrit_conf):
         """Test that initialize runs without errors when no API keys are set (Entra auth fallback)."""
         init = AIRTInitializer()
         with (
@@ -85,7 +103,7 @@ async def test_initialize_runs_without_error(self):
             await init.initialize_async()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_initialize_uses_api_keys_when_set(self):
+    async def test_initialize_uses_api_keys_when_set(self, patch_pyrit_conf):
         """Test that initialize uses API keys from env vars when they are set."""
         os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_KEY"] = "converter-key"
         os.environ["AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_KEY2"] = "scorer-key"
@@ -110,7 +128,7 @@ async def test_initialize_uses_api_keys_when_set(self):
                     del os.environ[var]
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_get_info_after_initialize_has_populated_data(self):
+    async def test_get_info_after_initialize_has_populated_data(self, patch_pyrit_conf):
         """Test that get_info_async() returns populated data after initialization."""
         init = AIRTInitializer()
         with (
@@ -174,6 +192,38 @@ def test_validate_missing_multiple_env_vars_raises_error(self):
         assert "AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_ENDPOINT" in error_message
         assert "AZURE_OPENAI_GPT4O_UNSAFE_CHAT_MODEL" in error_message
 
+    def test_validate_missing_operator_raises_error(self, tmp_path):
+        """Test that _validate_operation_fields raises error when operator is missing from .pyrit_conf."""
+        conf_file = tmp_path / ".pyrit_conf"
+        conf_file.write_text(yaml.dump({"operation": "test_op"}))
+        init = AIRTInitializer()
+        with (
+            patch("pyrit.setup.initializers.airt.DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH", conf_file),
+            pytest.raises(ValueError, match="operator"),
+        ):
+            init._validate_operation_fields()
+
+    def test_validate_missing_operation_raises_error(self, tmp_path):
+        """Test that _validate_operation_fields raises error when operation is missing from .pyrit_conf."""
+        conf_file = tmp_path / ".pyrit_conf"
+        conf_file.write_text(yaml.dump({"operator": "test_user"}))
+        init = AIRTInitializer()
+        with (
+            patch("pyrit.setup.initializers.airt.DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH", conf_file),
+            pytest.raises(ValueError, match="operation"),
+        ):
+            init._validate_operation_fields()
+
+    def test_validate_db_connection_raises_error(self):
+        """Test that validate raises error when AZURE_SQL_DB_CONNECTION_STRING is missing."""
+        del os.environ["AZURE_SQL_DB_CONNECTION_STRING"]
+        init = AIRTInitializer()
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError) as exc_info:
+            init.validate()
+
+        error_message = str(exc_info.value)
+        assert "AZURE_SQL_DB_CONNECTION_STRING" in error_message
+
 
 class TestAIRTInitializerGetInfo:
     """Tests for AIRTInitializer.get_info method - basic functionality."""