Do you want to have a clear and comprehensive view of your data assets across your organization? Do you want to protect and govern your data in a consistent and scalable way? Do you want to comply with the latest regulations and standards for data privacy and security? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you need Microsoft Purview.
Microsoft Purview is a family of data governance, risk, and compliance solutions that can help you govern, protect, and manage your entire data estate. Whether your data is on-premises, in the cloud, or in SaaS applications, Microsoft Purview can help you discover, classify, and track it. You can also use Microsoft Purview to enable data access, generate insights, and manage risks.
In this blog post, we will explain what Microsoft Purview is, how it works, and what benefits it can bring to your organization. We will also show you how to get started with Microsoft Purview and where to find more resources.
What is Microsoft Purview?
Microsoft Purview is a unified data governance solution that combines the former Azure Purview and Microsoft 365 compliance solutions and services together into a single brand. It provides integrated coverage and helps address the recent increases in remote user connectivity, the fragmentation of data across organizations, and the blurring of traditional IT management roles.
Microsoft Purview consists of two main components: risk and compliance solutions, and unified data governance solutions.
Risk and compliance solutions
Microsoft Purview includes risk and compliance solutions that support services included in Microsoft 365, such as Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, and others. These solutions help you to:
– Protect sensitive data across clouds, apps, and devices
– Identify data risks and manage regulatory compliance requirements
– Audit data activities and events
– Communicate compliance policies and actions
– Discover and manage data for legal investigations
Unified data governance solutions
Microsoft Purview also includes unified data governance solutions that help you manage data services across your on-premises, multi-cloud, and SaaS estate. That includes Azure storage services, Power BI, databases like SQL or Hive, file services like Amazon S3, and many more. These solutions are accessible through the Microsoft Purview governance portal, which provides tools to enable you to:
– Create an up-to-date map of your entire data estate that includes data classification and end-to-end lineage
– Identify where sensitive data is stored in your estate
– Create a secure environment for data consumers to find valuable data
– Generate insights about how your data is stored and used
– Manage access to the data in your estate securely and at scale
