Implement Microsoft Purview Information Protection

  • Learning Path
  • 9 Modules

At a glance

Organizations need effective information protection to prevent data exposure, ensure compliance, and maintain security across cloud and on-premises environments. Microsoft Purview enables classification, labeling, and encryption to safeguard sensitive data across Microsoft 365 services, Exchange, and on-premises storage.

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with Microsoft Purview compliance solutions
  • Basic understanding of data protection and security concepts

Modules in this learning path

Protect sensitive data in a digital world

Discover how Microsoft Purview helps organizations classify, protect, and monitor sensitive data across cloud, endpoint, and AI environments. This module explores strategies for securing data through classification, labeling, encryption, and proactive risk management.

Classify data for protection and governance

Learn about the information available to help you understand your data landscape and know your data.

Review and analyze data classification and protection

Discover how Microsoft Purview helps organizations monitor and analyze data classification and protection. This module explores how security teams can track classification trends, investigate labeled content, and assess policy effectiveness using Information Protection Reports, Data explorer, Content explorer, and Activity explorer.

Create and manage sensitive information types

Learn how to use sensitive information types to support your information protection strategy.

Create and configure sensitivity labels with Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels enable you to classify and protect sensitive data throughout your organization, including in the cloud and on devices. This module covers how to classify and protect sensitive information to ensure its security and compliance.

Apply sensitivity labels for data protection

Learn about how sensitivity labels are used to classify and protect business data while making sure that user productivity and their ability to collaborate aren't hindered.

Classify and protect on-premises data with Microsoft Purview

Learn how to classify and protect sensitive data stored on-premises using Microsoft Purview. This module guides you through deploying the Information Protection scanner, applying sensitivity labels, and enforcing DLP policies to reduce data exposure risks.

Understand Microsoft 365 encryption

Learn how Microsoft 365 encrypts data-at-rest and in-transit, securely manages encryption keys, and provides key management options to customers to meet their business needs and compliance obligations.

Protect email with Microsoft Purview Message Encryption

Learn how to configure Microsoft Purview Message Encryption to protect sensitive email, apply encryption with mail flow rules, and customize the recipient experience with branded templates.