Microsoft Purview
Microsoft Purview is a comprehensive suite of Microsoft cloud services designed to provide unified data governance, risk management, and compliance solutions. It enables organizations to discover, classify, map, and manage their data across hybrid and multi-cloud environments, ensuring…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2022
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Microsoft Purview was created to solve the challenge of fragmented data governance, risk management, and compliance tools across an organization's sprawling, multi-cloud data estate. It addresses the complexity of discovering, classifying, protecting, and managing sensitive data in a consistent manner, while also simplifying adherence to global data privacy regulations and mitigating insider risks and data breaches.
- Platforms
- Windows (for on-premises scanning agents), Microsoft 365 (SaaS Integration), Microsoft Azure (Cloud Service), Linux (for on-premises scanning agents)
Related technologies
- On-premises data sources (SQL Server, file shares)
- Microsoft 365 (SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Teams, OneDrive for Business)
- Power BI
- Google Cloud Storage
- Amazon S3
- SAP ERP
- Microsoft Azure (Data Lake Storage, Synapse Analytics, SQL Database, Cosmos DB)
- Azure Active Directory (Microsoft Entra ID)
Notable users
- Organizations operating in regulated sectors
- Any company with significant data assets across hybrid or multi-cloud environments
- Large enterprises across various industries (e.g., finance, healthcare, manufacturing, retail)