What is Microsoft Purview?
Microsoft Purview is a set of risk management, compliance, and data governance and protection solutions for Microsoft 365.
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Microsoft Purview helps organizations manage and protect their data across various environments, including on-premises, cloud, and hybrid systems.
It combines the former Azure Purview and Microsoft 365 compliance solutions and services into a single brand.
1. Data governance
Microsoft Purview provides tools for discovering, classifying, and managing data assets across your organization's entire data estate.
2. Compliance management
Purview helps organizations meet regulatory requirements through features like compliance score, insider risk management, communication compliance, and eDiscovery.
3. Data protection
Purview includes sensitivity labels, data loss prevention (DLP), and information protection capabilities to safeguard sensitive data wherever it lives.
4. Risk management
The platform provides insider risk management tools that help organizations identify, investigate, and act on potential risks from within the organization.
