Introduction
Microsoft Purview is designed to meet the challenges of today’s decentralized, data-rich workplace. It provides a comprehensive set of solutions that help organizations govern, protect, and manage their entire data estate. This new brand family combines the capabilities of the former Azure Purview and the compliance portfolio in Microsoft 365 that customers already rely on. By doing so, it provides unified data governance and risk management for an organization.
Microsoft Purview helps organizations:
- Gain visibility into assets across their entire data estate.
- Easily access to all their data, security, and risk solutions.
- Safeguard and manage sensitive data across clouds, apps, and endpoints.
- Manage end-to-end data risks and regulatory compliance.
- Govern, protect, and manage data in new, comprehensive ways.
Microsoft Purview brings together data governance from Microsoft Data and AI. It integrates with compliance and risk management from Microsoft 365 Defender. The following services also complement Microsoft Purview:
- Identity and access management
- Threat protection
- Cloud security
- Endpoint management
- Privacy management
Bringing all these capabilities together under one roof creates a truly comprehensive approach to security. In this module, you examine the compliance and data governance solutions in Microsoft Purview.