Discover, catalog, track, and manage data sharing, while also identifying data risks and managing regulatory requirements.
As businesses continue to generate and store vast amounts of data, data governance and security have become critical concerns across industries and for organizations large and small.
Data-driven technologies, such as predictive analytics, are gaining popularity, but companies remain rightly wary about compliance and data privacy. They need to manage data risks, protect sensitive information, and comply with regulatory requirements. Microsoft’s data governance platform, Purview, offers a unified and comprehensive solution to these concerns.

Gain Limitless Visibility Into All Data Sources
At the core of Purview is its catalog, which can pull in data from various repositories, including Azure’s data and storage services and third-party data stores such as Amazon’s S3 storage service and on-premises SQL Server. Purview’s data catalog — with discovery and data governance features — enables businesses to find, organize, track, and manage data sharing. Purview also identifies data risks and manages regulatory requirements so organizations can stay in compliance.
Address Critical Risks Dynamically and Efficiently
One of the challenges organizations face today is the ongoing shift to a hybrid and multicloud environment. As companies collaborate and access data across various platforms and clouds, managing data risks becomes more complicated. Often, organizations rely on one-size-fits-all, content-centric data-protection policies, which can create signal overload and overwhelm security teams.
Purview offers an adaptive solution that helps organizations address critical risks more efficiently by prioritizing their limited security resources on the highest risks and minimizing the impact of potential data security incidents.
Advanced Data Protection and Governance Tools
Purview is part of Microsoft’s comprehensive approach to data security, and not only does a unified approach help protect data more effectively, it can help reduce costs.
Businesses can save up to 60% by using Microsoft’s platform rather than multiple point solutions.
Audit
Ensure compliance and meet regulatory requirements by keeping a meticulous record of critical audit log events. With customized retention policies, you can easily access and retrieve relevant data in the event of a forensic investigation or legal dispute.
Communication Compliance
Create a safe and compliant workplace by proactively detecting sensitive or inappropriate content that is shared across your organization’s communication channels. By monitoring and enforcing communication policies, you can mitigate risks and promote a productive and professional organizational culture.
Compliance Manager
Navigate complex regulatory requirements with ease by leveraging a platform that translates complex regulations into specific improvement actions, helping you raise your compliance score and track your progress over time. Reduce your overall risk and maintain a competitive edge in your industry.
Data Lifecycle Management
Manage your data at scale and classify and govern your data to meet your legal, business, privacy, and regulatory content obligations. By automating data retention and disposal policies, you can reduce the risk of data breaches and maintain compliance with all internal and governmental regulations.
Data Loss Prevention
Protect your sensitive information from unauthorized access by automatically detecting and preventing risky behavior across apps, services, endpoints, and on-premises files. By prioritizing data protection, you can safeguard your organization’s reputation and ensure compliance with data privacy laws.
Data Map and Data Catalog
Maximize the value of your data through intelligent automation that manages metadata from hybrid sources, making data easily discoverable and accessible. With interactive data lineage visualization, you can easily trace the origin and usage of all your data, ensuring transparency and compliance.
eDiscovery
Simplify the process of discovering and managing data and reduce the risk of data loss or mishandling with an end-to-end workflow. Whether you’re conducting an internal investigation or responding to a legal request, the Purview platform streamlines the process and ensures compliance with relevant regulations.
Information Protection
Safeguard your business-critical data by discovering, identifying, classifying, and securing sensitive information across your organization’s environment, which reduces the risk of data breaches and maintains compliance with data privacy laws.
Insider Risk Management
Mitigate the risk of critical organizational risks, including data theft, data leaks, and security policy violations. Detect, investigate, and take action on potential risks, ensuring the safety and security of your organization’s data.
Adaptive Protection to Manage
Mountains of Data With Ease
The Microsoft Purview platform also includes groundbreaking innovations like Adaptive Protection powered by machine learning. It’s an advanced data protection tool that can help businesses keep their data safe while empowering productivity and collaboration across all apps, services, and clouds, even if the data is not stored on a Microsoft platform.
In 2023, Data Security Has to Be a Top Priority for Every Organization
The amount of data being generated worldwide is staggering. More than 2.5 billion gigabytes are generated daily.
Organizations need to make sure their information is safe from malicious attacks, inadvertent disclosure, or theft. During the third quarter of 2022, insider risks, including human error, accounted for almost 35% of unauthorized access incidents. To address these threats, businesses need a layered data security defense within their organizations.
With support from Razor and Purview’s deep toolkit, every business can leverage a comprehensive solution that adapts to their needs.
