Microsoft Purview Data Governance Reviews

To ensure compliance with numerous regulations for our data governance initiative, we employ Microsoft Purview for data classification.

In our specific case, we only have on-premises servers and the same Microsoft cloud platform, Azure. I have not used Microsoft Purview with any other cloud providers like AWS or anything like that. However, it appears that Purview can be used to protect data across multiple clouds and platforms.

In the future, it could be important for us that Purview can connect to iOS, Mac, and Android devices. We will be onboarding data that requires updating some of the tables, descriptions, and other aspects. In that case, it would be beneficial for users to be able to access it from different devices. However, in my case and for the people in IT, we will always be using computers.

Microsoft Purview's native integration with Azure Dynamics and Office compliance is good. We have utilized it with Synapse Analytics and Data Factory, both Microsoft products. The integration is seamless and efficient. However, in the context of Synapse Analytics, its value proposition is less evident. While it is a nice feature, I cannot fully grasp its significance.

It is crucial that Purview was built with consideration for critical regulations from around the world. This is an integral part of the classification rules and it simplifies our work. However, I haven't seen specific references to regulations such as GDPR or PII. There are numerous laws in different states, as well as preferences here in Canada, but I haven't come across specific examples. Nevertheless, the classifications encompass a wide range of government information, sensitive data like financial information, and personal information based on various formats that we can even adjust or create our own. So, it's a positive aspect.

Purview has assisted us in creating an updated catalog that is more realistic. It has also enabled us to quickly classify our data. Additionally, we aim to enrich the data catalog with more metadata, both now and in the future. While this process is primarily manual, we are exploring ways to involve business users to streamline it.

It has improved the visibility into our estate.

Purview allows us to demonstrate our compliance on a near real-time basis. While executing a single scan will provide updated information, it doesn't provide true real-time visibility. To achieve the closest to real-time compliance monitoring, we can execute data extraction processes every four hours.

We have saved around 40 hours per month on some of our projects, which also leads to cost savings.

The ability to classify data quickly and effortlessly is arguably Microsoft Purview's most valuable feature. It can scan all tables and columns, identifying those that contain personal names, date builds, or other sensitive information.

I am interested in exploring the process of data scanning to identify data lines that do not contain stored procedures. This would allow us to detect potential black boxes within our data, where we are unable to trace the flow of information and identify all instances of stored procedures. Additionally, we would like to expand the reporting capabilities beyond Power BI to encompass other visualization tools such as Tableau, Looker, and others.

Reflecting organizational changes within Purview is impractical. Any such changes necessitate discarding existing data and starting anew, which increases both the cost and time required for maintenance. Therefore, I believe that enhancing Purview's maintainability is crucial.

I have been using Microsoft Purview for one year.

I would rate the stability of Purview a nine out of ten.

Purview is easily scalable in the cloud.

The technical support team was readily available for a Zoom call and was able to view my screen and provide assistance. The only downside was that I ultimately resolved the issue myself, which suggests that the local Microsoft support may not be as knowledgeable.

Positive

I have used other solutions other than Purview but it doesn't encompass the entire data management lifecycle. For example, Tableau has a data management suite, but it's primarily focused on analyzing reports, enforcing visualization governance, and managing data within Tableau itself. It doesn't extend to data sources or beyond that. Other data management tools in development offer similar functionality, but they may not have specific classifications for personal information.

The initial deployment was straightforward. The cloud administrator handled the subscription and all the necessary paperwork, while I proceeded with the setup.

The price is reasonable considering its value.

I would rate Microsoft Purview nine out of ten. Purview is a good product but still has some areas to improve.

Thus far, we haven't had any comprehensive maintenance for Purview. While there is maintenance required for scanning new servers, that's essentially the extent of our maintenance efforts. We may need to make significant changes to Purview's structure to enhance its usability. Purview's current structure resembles that of an organizational department. For instance, if a marketing application is mistakenly scanned under HR, I cannot simply move it to the correct location. Instead, I must discard all existing data and start from scratch.

We migrated everything to the Azure cloud. Microsoft Purview was coming up at the time, and we also started looking into their other products such as Microsoft Power Platform, particularly Power BI. We wanted to see how these particular tools can go head to head and how they would be useful. This is when we started with Microsoft Purview. The POC itself took more than a year because it was not easy. The tool was growing. It took a long time to get their product support help to fix some of the issues and features. 

In the last year, we started using it for a few things. One is mainly data protection. We mainly targeted the scenarios where when someone is sending a document in an email or labeling a document as confidential, what the person receiving the document can do. 

We are trying to cover Microsoft 365-related products. We are trying to use it for the data discovery process. That is the end goal. Across the organization, we want people to be able to find the data easily. There is a kind of data marketplace, and we started to use it for data discovery.

Data discovery is one of the beautiful things of Microsoft Purview. We mostly have Microsoft products, so it has been helpful, but we are continuously growing. We are still in the learning stage with this product. We are trying to onboard only a small amount of data, and then we will see how we can curate the data so that it is meaningful. Slowly, and probably after a year, we will come to know how efficiently we are using Microsoft Purview as a part of the data discovery phase.

Microsoft Purview is a cloud-native app. So far, we have only used it with Windows with Chrome or Edge browser, and it works seamlessly. It is not a problem. We have not used it with other OSs, but it should work with them.

Microsoft Purview was built taking into account critical regulations from around the world. Data classification is one of the beautiful features. It works seamlessly.

Microsoft Purview's natively integrated compliance across Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office 365 is perfect.

Microsoft Purview enables you to show your compliance in real time. There is the Insights dashboard, which is particularly for security officers. They can always go and have a look. If there are any compliance issues with the portal, they can always go and check anytime.

Microsoft Purview has helped to reduce the time to action on insider threats, but I do not have the metrics. We are in the discovery phase. After a year, we should be able to provide exact metrics. As of now, we just look into the issue and take action. It is helping to reduce the errors. In terms of percentage, there are about 20% savings.

Microsoft Purview will save us time and overall product delivery costs. Product data discovery should be easy, which will reduce the overall product delivery time. This is something that we are working on. There should be at least 10% savings on the project delivery time.

There are several features. Their data labeling or data classification is particularly valuable because we want to categorize all of our data into confidential, public, or internal. Microsoft Purview works seamlessly with the Microsoft product suite, including Office 365, to schematize the data assets, so data labeling and classification have been helpful.

Microsoft Purview can connect with all of our security-related things across Office 365. It easily connects with Microsoft Defender. The integration with Microsoft Defender is good.

It works well for schematized data assets for lineage tracking. Overall, it works well if someone is using mostly Microsoft products.

It is still growing. It does not meet all the requirements from the security point of view. It supports only a limited number of tools and technologies that pertain to Microsoft products. If you want to leverage other solutions such as Workday or Oracle Fusion, features will be coming up, but as of now, it is for the Microsoft suite. 

It is still growing as a data connector platform for supporting ingestion from non-Microsoft data sources, so not all the products are supported as of now. 

As a data catalog tool, it needs to have a connection with all the sources. This improvement is definitely needed because they are supporting only Microsoft-related products but not third-party products.

We started to explore Microsoft Purview when they launched it. It was the end of 2021.

It is a stable product, and continuous improvements are always coming in. After a year, it probably will be a complete tool for all sorts of uses. I would rate it an eight out of ten for stability.

It is unlimited. I would rate it a ten out of ten in terms of scalability.

We currently have 10 to 20 people using the tool. It is deployed as part of information technology from the IT management, and we try to circulate it by onboarding various sets of users from various departments.

Last week, I raised an issue with technical support. It issue was a priority for us. Within a couple of hours, they got back. They were efficient with this particular product. I would rate them a nine out of ten.

Positive

We used some of the manual processes. We built a data catalog using Vast data services.

It is deployed on the cloud. The deployment time is much less, but because it is a data cataloging tool, curating the data takes time. Spinning of the environment and starting it can be done in a couple of hours.

It definitely requires maintenance from the data security and data scanning point of view.

We have a data governance team. 

It is cheap. It is based on consumption. If somebody wants to start using it, the price is definitely cheaper than a tool like Collibra.

I would definitely recommend Microsoft Purview. However, it is not good for data quality. If you are not looking for data quality and you only want a complete security and data cataloging tool, it is perfect.

It is still maturing. At this time, I would rate Microsoft Purview a six out of ten.

We use it for the creation of enterprise PSA, as well as for our enterprise data catalog and data governance.

This is a type of pilot project or proof of concept. Our organization wants to see how it works, how complex the maintenance side will be, and how effective and efficient it will be.

It enables us to show compliance in real-time. However, because it is a pilot project for us, we are not showing the information to other parties yet.

It has definitely helped us reduce our time to action on insider threats. Finding proper data is always challenging in a big organization and this is a really positive aspect of Purview.

The first thing that we were particularly interested in is data lineage. It makes it pretty easy to connect and scan data sources, and do any kind of additional steps like Synapse or SSIS processing.

Overall, I would laud its ease of use, intuitive interface, and easy navigation. It's a very user-friendly product that is easy to work with.

In addition, we considered the issue of multi-cloud and multi-platform environments when we were trying to identify the best tools that would serve all the requirements of our organization. Currently, we are not directly pulling data from AWS. We are working with Azure. But we have the potential in the future to consider such options. This feature is very valuable because we are planning to establish automated data-pulling from AWS.

And the solution's data connector platform for the ingestion of data from non-Microsoft data sources is very easy to use. I investigated what data sources it can work with. It's certainly easy to work with all Microsoft data sources like SQL Server, Synapse, and data lakes, but it also has great functionality working with Oracle. And of particular interest to us is the ability to pull data from Excel, CVS files, and other types of flat files.

Another particularly nice feature is its integration with other services. This is one of the biggest advantages of the solution. For example, if you need to store a key for database access, it's easy to integrate with key vault services.

And a feature that is very important to us is the fact that Purview was built taking into account critical regulations from around the world. Before we started working with Purview, we put great effort into evaluating its capabilities and functionality. We created a comparative matrix with other tools and this was one of the factors we included. We considered it a big positive for Purview.

The scanning of data sources can be scheduled to execute automatically. That is the only automation we are using within the solution.

One area for improvement is the detection of data types. This is really important. It has some of that functionality, but I consider it very limited. Maybe they can add some custom programming, or machine learning could be particularly useful for the detection of the nature of the data.

If it could tell us, for example, when a given type of data is a social security number, that would be helpful. Currently, we need to open it and determine what the format is. We would like to know if a given type of data is PII data.

I have been using Microsoft Purview for almost two years.

I found some defects, through my interaction with the solution, in the reporting system. Purview has its own reporting and I found a function that apparently is not working. There are some bugs in that section, but other than that, everything looks okay. It works well.

We haven't experimented with scaling it, but my perception is that it's very scalable.

We haven't had to contact Microsoft's tech support.

We didn't have a previous solution.

The setup was pretty straightforward. It took us about one week, but a lot of the dependencies are not directly related to Purview. We had to obtain a password and user and that takes some time.

Microsoft takes care of patching, so I haven't seen any need for maintenance by us. It's on the cloud and they take care of it. We don't need to worry about that part at all and that is one of the big advantages of a cloud system.

We did everything in-house. I had architecture and administrative support, but I did the actual work with Azure alone.

I'm handling the proof of concept work. No other organizations have access to it. We don't want people to start using something that is not really complete yet.

Because this is a proof of concept, we haven't seen direct cost savings, but we see it having a positive impact on development work, particularly for BI folks who are interested in self-service and building reports for themselves. This is a very good exploration tool.

Microsoft Purview is the best option I have encountered when it comes to price. Maybe some of my information is outdated, but Microsoft offered it so that you could use it almost without paying. This was a really nice aspect. 

I don't know how Microsoft's pricing stands today, but for us, it was very cheap and effective. We are still paying some money but it's not significant. 

They should look to keep the pricing moderate in the future.

We compared Purview with other solutions, but not on a practical level. We only compared it with the information we were able to find on the internet, including the documentation and the functionality, but we did not install or do anything with the other solutions.

For a large enterprise, it's very important to have tools like this. It's especially useful for IT people who are dealing with data science or who need to find or investigate data or find out what data an organization has. It's also useful for those who maintain a central data warehouse and for people who want self-servicing business intelligence.

At this point, Purview has not reduced the number of solutions we interact with. In the future, we will consider that option. At this point, it operates as a standalone for us, because it is a pilot project in our organization.

Microsoft Purview is not yet a leader in data cataloging or data governance, but I'm pretty sure it will be, given how the tools are evolving and the functionality it already has. At the same time, I'm certainly looking for some of its functionality to improve, including easier integration with Microsoft Power BI.

We have implemented Microsoft Purview as a comprehensive DLP solution for our clients across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East to protect their data and help them classify, identify, and investigate who and how the data is being accessed.

Microsoft is aiming to build favorable relationships with other cloud solution providers. On our end, if we have both AWS solutions and Microsoft's cloud solution, implementing the Microsoft Purview dashboard can be a good way to collect and classify our data across both platforms. This could be a strong selling point for Microsoft to explore partnerships with AWS and other public cloud players, allowing them to combine and leverage their global development, sales, and services.

Implementing Purview's integrated compliance across Azure Dynamics 365 and Office 365 is relatively straightforward thanks to available connectors and Microsoft's improved user interface.

Microsoft Purview includes a compliance manager, which simplifies meeting various standards and regulations through integration with companies like ISO, ISCE, and other risk solutions. This feature is an add-on for E5 and E3 licenses. It allows us to create assessments that generate reports with specific recommendations for implementing and configuring ISO 27001 or other standards within our Microsoft 365 environment. This makes compliance significantly easier and, according to Microsoft, can reduce the cost of implementing such measures by approximately 40 percent compared to using other solutions for ISO compliance or other critical regulations.

Given my role as a cybersecurity consultant, I previously created a DLP policy based on the client's needs. Since then, I haven't had further contact with the client. However, I'm now working on a new project for them next year. This project involves developing and implementing a DLP solution with a focus on information protection. My responsibilities include monitoring all user activity and reporting on it in a few months. Based on my observations, there's a significant amount of activity requiring governance. This includes areas like DLP policy enforcement, USB blocking, printer control, copy prevention, file transfer via secure FTP, and external user access restrictions. Purview's data loss protection is helpful for remediating policy violations.

I'm developing a short training guide, about four pages or more, on enabling information protection labeling and related topics. Some clients have suggested automation, but I believe the best approach is to guide users through manual labeling. For instance, we could have a "Sensitive" label for data like personal information, ID numbers, passports, names, passwords, and so on. Information protection can be implemented either by defining detection rules beforehand or by using the system's automated detection capabilities. If sensitive information is detected, the system can then recommend applying the "Non-Confidential" label or whichever equivalent label we prefer.

Microsoft has developed and launched Microsoft Defender for Endpoint for Mac. This agent for macOS is the same agent used for data loss prevention in Endpoint. However, if we don't require DLP for Endpoint, we can simply synchronize our Macs with Microsoft Intune. Intune, a combination of Microsoft Entra ID and an MDM solution, is not just for mobile devices; it's a device management platform for all company devices, including PCs, Macs, mobile devices, and servers. It allows us to synchronize settings and policies across all our devices, manage software deployments, and utilize various other features. Therefore, we have two options: either synchronize our Macs with Intune or install the Microsoft Defender for Endpoint agent to implement DLP for Endpoint. DLP for Endpoint is mandatory if we need to detect and control USB devices, printers, and other data transfer peripherals.

Microsoft Purview's primary benefit lies in safeguarding sensitive and confidential data, thereby mitigating the risk of internal data exfiltration.

Purview does help our customers reduce the number of solutions they interact with. From a cybersecurity engineer and information security expert perspective, consolidating and streamlining technology can be beneficial for IT departments, especially before implementation. Currently, Security Service Edge emerges as a promising solution due to its integration with zero-trust principles and protocols. For example, instead of deploying multiple endpoint detection and response solutions, a single, antivirus-free EDR like CrowdStrike can suffice. Similarly, Microsoft's Defender for Cloud Apps, combined with XDR and other security features, offers a comprehensive solution for Security Operations Centers. My goal is to create a unified MDR solution for clients, allowing for centralized data collection and log analysis. This unified platform, ideally with one or two dashboards, would enable efficient investigation and response, minimizing investigation time and cost. Combining various tools into one interface eliminates the need to jump between dashboards, improving analyst efficiency. Why rely on multiple vendors like CrowdStrike, Proofpoint, Minetest, and MISSP when a single solution can offer comprehensive visibility and data security? Microsoft's Image Security 365, coupled with best practices and anti-phishing strategies, can significantly enhance security. Furthermore, I recommend implementing a DMZ with two firewalls, one internal and one external. This layered security approach, while requiring two vendors, provides redundancy and prevents attackers from exploiting a single firewall and gaining access to the network. However, it's important to remember that cybersecurity solutions are not one-size-fits-all. Each client and scenario requires tailored strategies based on their unique needs and context. Consistency across the industry is crucial, but it's important to acknowledge the lack of standardized approaches in the current landscape.

The Microsoft Purview dashboard is primarily a data security solution, allowing us to implement various layers to safeguard our information. While it can be used for some Endpoint Detection and Response functionalities, its full potential in this area might not be realized without proper configuration and understanding of the underlying processes.

While Purview offers real-time compliance monitoring, it's an add-on feature functioning as a compliance manager. However, due to a lack of clear communication, not all companies fully understand its capabilities. Additionally, it's important to note that while compliance and standards often relate heavily to financial and banking sectors, the scope of regulations has broadened significantly in recent years, extending beyond these specific industries.

Purview helps us stay on top of compliance because Microsoft has tried to build Purview based on the ISC framework.

No single feature stands out as the best because the most effective approach involves combining multiple features. For example, when using information protection, labeling, and classification, a multi-step process is necessary. First, we must classify our data, which requires a thorough understanding of our environment and the nature of the data itself. Once classified, we can apply labels and establish rules governing data sharing through information protection measures. The final step involves implementing and configuring a Data Loss Prevention solution. It's crucial to remember that the goal isn't to find ideal individual features; rather, it's to leverage the synergy of multiple technologies to create a comprehensive and powerful data protection strategy.

I've been working closely with Microsoft support on issues with the Microsoft Purview Information Protection scanner's on-premises services. While it's a solid tool, there's still room for improvement in my opinion. I've submitted numerous recommendations, from solutions to address specific problems to the implementation of new features like bulk scanning across multiple servers, not just individual paths. I've also encountered a high number of false positives in the classifier and made suggestions for resolving them. Microsoft support is currently reviewing my input, and we're collaborating to refine the scanner and minimize false positives. It's important to remember that this is a new technology, and like any newborn business venture, it's prone to growing pains. Errors and mistakes are inevitable along the way, but they're also valuable learning opportunities.

Frequent daily updates from Microsoft can cause interface elements like buttons to appear and disappear, making navigation unpredictable. Additionally, Microsoft also generates new licenses that require investigation to identify each new license.

I have been using Microsoft Purview for one and a half years.

Microsoft Purview is scalable.

Sometimes we have a communication gap or delay but most of the time the technical support is good.

One person can deploy Microsoft Purview.

We implement Purview for our clients.

We are a Microsoft Gold Partner and are currently satisfied with our existing solutions. Therefore, we do not prioritize evaluating other vendors at this time.

I would rate Microsoft Purview a seven out of ten. Purview is a good solution but it takes time to master.

I've been using it to help track data from employees or messages. I can use it to see the routing of ongoing and outgoing confidential data. We can audit logs to see the history of particular mailboxes. Auditing has been a very helpful feature. 

It helps with the discovery of overall licenses and security labels. You can find out if any type of security has been triggered or if any type of particular content is being shared with specific users. Using content search, we can manually search for all types of things and see different types of details. 

It helps us with data loss prevention to make sure that nobody actually is accidentally sharing any confidential information, such as legal documents, health information, and personal identity verification numbers. 

They are improving the platform every day, and they are doing a wonderful job now. 

They also include different features. We can pre-enable classification and use enhanced labels. You can create labels to define your data class notifications, such as confidential information. You can create a system keyboard list and a dictionary with sensitivity labels.  

Microsoft introduced a compliance manager to help you find all sorts of things you can do to improve your environment to achieve a higher security score. 

Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments. It is very important. In today's world, most of the things we do are over the cloud. We use many APIs and additional apps in our environment from different vendors. Some of these APIs and apps are being configured over hybrid or multiple clouds. You can audit and monitor all data connectors, and you can configure your database and your database connectors, and all these APIs can be ported to Purview so you can monitor all the information to make sure that it does not leak. You can also encrypt such information to keep it safer.

Purview can connect to iOS, Mac, and Android devices, as well as data and other SaaS apps. We have multiple users who are comfortable with different platforms. Some are on Windows. However, most of the planning teams have iOS-based devices. We like that it is supporting all these platforms and making all those devices and data flow to it. 

It is very easy to learn the interface, and it is very user-friendly. It is really helpful for us to be able to monitor and use Microsoft since it is such a strong tool for analyzing our database.

We use the solution for data loss prevention. One of the features includes this configuration template that we can use for default government policies. You can create a policy for server migration that needs some of the custom configurations, and we do have templates for payroll and inventory. We can use the DLP to educate users on policies and let them know what shouldn't be shared. We can send suggestions about how they can send certain information.

Purview enables you to handle compliance in real-time. It runs in the background and you can engage with it when you get real-time alerts. It's helped us reduce the time needed to act on threats. Instead of manually auditing, we get notifications and can see things highlighted in our dashboards. We've reduced the time to action by about 20%.

I'd like to see them improve the training for implementing this type of solution. If we need particular things, we need to be able to understand how to implement them right away, and not wait days or weeks. 

I've been using the solution for the last four years in different companies. 

It's very stable. 

We have the solution across multiple locations in India. We have ten to 15 engineers working directly with the solution. Then we have around 2,000 active users and are scaling up.

The level of support you get depends on various scenarios. Sometimes you need help from engineers in a different time zone, like the US for infrastructure. 

Positive

The solution is deployed completely on the cloud. We have an enterprise subscription. It's a pretty standard implementation. However, there are some configurations you need to handle initially. For us, we did a migration and then handled some configurations since we moved over to the cloud. 

Implementations are easy, and I appreciate the support Microsoft provides.

For some features, you do need a specific license. For smaller organizations with 200 to 300 employees, it might not make sense to get an enterprise license. However, the pricing is good for the requirements it meets. 

I'm a customer. 

We're not using the AIfunctionality yet. However, we are leaning into it to see how we can implement it in the future. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten. 

We use Microsoft Purview for DLP capabilities and email encryption.

Ensuring data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments through Purview is crucial for us. Currently operating on Azure and AWS, we plan to migrate a portion of our on-premises workloads to the cloud. To achieve this, we will leverage Purview for data loss prevention on our virtual machines and utilize Azure Arc for centralized management of all our platforms.

Purview's ability to connect to a wide range of devices, including iOS, Android, and others, enhances our visibility into BYOD devices deployed across our environments.

As a public organization, we are bound by policies and regulations. To ensure compliance across Azure Dynamics 365 and Office 365, both locally and internationally, we leverage the native compliance capabilities of Purview, which integrates seamlessly with both platforms.

The DLP for remediating policy violations works well. We can easily view the details and conduct investigations from a single dashboard.

We recently started using Purview for DLP on Mac OS devices.

Implementing Purview as our primary data loss prevention solution has yielded significant benefits. Our Microsoft E5 license provides enhanced protection across the organization, offering immense value through its comprehensive features. Consequently, we have been able to streamline our security posture by consolidating third-party solutions and focusing on Purview and other robust Microsoft applications.

Microsoft Purview has streamlined our workflow by consolidating diverse systems into a single, user-friendly dashboard. This one-stop shop simplifies access and management across our organization.

Microsoft Purview enables us to show our compliance in real-time. We are satisfied with the speed at which Purview provides alerts and details to us.

Microsoft Purview has significantly shortened the response time to insider threats by almost 70 percent. It can rapidly block unauthorized user access, leading to a reduction in required manpower.

Microsoft Purview has helped to save money by preventing the loss of data in our environment as well as around 60 percent of our admin user's time.

Purview helps us stay on top of compliance. We no longer have to review incidents manually, improving compliance by 80 percent.

The custom classifications are one of the most valuable features. For instance, if we want to block the transfer of card details, there are many pre-built samples for different countries that we can easily use in Purview, eliminating the need to create our classifications which makes the work easier.

Purview needs to improve its DLP capabilities for removable devices such as external drives and USB devices.

The custom data classification for the African region needs to be improved.

I have been using Microsoft Purview for five years.

Microsoft Purview has been stable, with no incidents involving the Data Loss Prevention functionality. However, there have been a few instances where the admin portal has been unavailable.

Microsoft Purview is extremely scalable.

The support response time can be improved.

Positive

We are currently using Forcepoint and Microsoft Purview, but with our E5 license, we're considering consolidating our security products under one umbrella and one dashboard, potentially phasing out Forcepoint.

The initial deployment took a few hours. Five to six people were involved in the deployment.

I would rate the cost of Microsoft Purview a six out of ten with ten being the most expensive.

I would rate Microsoft Purview an eight out of ten.

We have a complex group-wide tenant that requires us to have different administrative units for each country. We have around 50,000 users worldwide.

Purview does not require any maintenance beyond regular checks in the admin portal to ensure everything is functioning correctly.

In both my previous and current organizations, I've worked with Microsoft Purview. While my previous company had a premium license for all services, my current one doesn't. At my previous company, I used Purview to design communication compliance policies, likely leveraging some pre-built policies from Microsoft security. Initially, we lacked a specific goal, but my exploration of the platform led me to pursue a cybersecurity certification to optimize its use. This helped me design DLP policies more effectively and implement signing for communication compliance policies. Recently, I discovered eDiscovery and its value for exporting large datasets for specific employees based on their protection level. Lastly, I found its activity tracking feature particularly useful for monitoring employee movements in our large, partially remote workforce of nearly 100 employees, with less than half in the main office. This tracking proved valuable for detecting potential data leaks during employee departures. I briefly explored Insight Risk Management during a one-month license trial.

Purview's multi-platform capabilities, supporting iOS, Mac, and Android, have been invaluable to me. As a beginner in device management software, the prospect of using another option with a large web portal felt daunting. Purview's ability to manage devices across different operating systems saved me significant time.

At my previous company, all internal data lived in Azure, but client data resided in Salesforce. This siloed structure made comprehensive data control impractical without a tool like Purview that seamlessly supports ingestion from non-Microsoft data sources.

Purview's natively integrated compliance across Azure Dynamics 365 and Office 365 is even stronger than its ability to integrate with third-party solutions.

It's crucial that Purview was built with critical regulations from around the world in mind, especially for those of us in the European Union where EU regulations apply. This is a key consideration for everyone involved in data governance. While some frameworks offer vast data capabilities, the sheer volume of work required for a medium-sized business to ensure compliance with regulations across all these frameworks would be insurmountable.

I initially found the DLP system overwhelming due to its capabilities exceeding the needs of our small organization, where I implemented simpler policies. However, it proved valuable for ensuring compliance with GDPR, and PCI DSS and provided visibility into sensitive data sharing.

Purview has saved our organization a huge amount of money and time.

Through Purview, we were able to streamline our technology stack by consolidating the number of solutions we relied on. This prompted us to re-evaluate our vendor landscape, ultimately leading us to migrate everything to Microsoft and leverage their comprehensive suite of tools. Surprisingly, most of the functionalities we previously paid for were already available within the Microsoft ecosystem. This simplified our IT infrastructure, transitioning us from a predominantly on-premises setup to a cloud-based one, with Microsoft solutions forming the core of our cloud environment.

Purview has improved my ability to stay on top of compliance.

The most valuable feature is the tracking activity and device onboarding.

I have some concerns about the separation of roles in Purview from the Microsoft tenant, as well as how they interact with the security portal and endpoint manager. Certain permission issues or protracted permission updates could arise due to suboptimal configuration, potentially extending the expected timeframe.

I have been using Microsoft Purview for two years.

Microsoft Purview is stable in protection but there are some bugs in the GUI.

Designed for enterprise-level organizations, Microsoft Purview scales effortlessly.

The initial deployment was straightforward. I was able to do the entire deployment with the help of one other person.

We used a Microsoft partner when we started working with the tenant before starting to use Purview.

While Purview's standard pricing might not be accessible to most small businesses, we were fortunate to benefit from the educational pricing which made it a financially viable option for our needs.

I would rate Microsoft Purview a nine out of ten.

Maintaining Purview is essential, as some internal problems, like endpoints disconnecting within the organization, can develop over time.

To fully leverage Microsoft Purview's capabilities, it is recommended that one first familiarize themselves with the organization's existing infrastructure.

It is our data governance solution. It has been very helpful for the data discovery and data governance part.

We are using Microsoft Azure and AWS cloud, as well as some on-premises applications. Using Microsoft Purview is a great experience for us because it provides end-to-end data discovery and data analytics, which enables us to understand the data.

It supports multiple clouds, such as Microsoft Azure and AWS, and multiple operating systems, such as Windows, macOS, and Linux. We have a small group of users with macOS. We have a vast user base with Windows and Linux OS.

It has the capability to connect to various data sources, which we found very useful. In addition to supporting Microsoft data sources, such as Microsoft Power BI for the data analytics part, it also supports the data analytics software by AWS and other AWS tools. It is highly compatible with other cloud computing solutions.

It integrates well with Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office 365. We use Dynamics 365 and Office 365, and we found Microsoft Purview to be very compatible with Dynamics 365 and Office 365. It can also integrate with other Microsoft and non-Microsoft solutions.

It was built taking into account critical regulations from around the world. For the data governance and data privacy part, it is fully compliant with the data policies of various countries. In the case of Indian geography and the Asia Pacific region, for which we are currently using Microsoft Purview, it is compatible with our local data privacy and regulation policies. We can configure group policies in Microsoft Purview to comply with the requirements for the data and its use.

With data discovery, we can easily discover similar patterns or trends in the data currently being used in the organization. It is very helpful because the core purpose of Microsoft Purview is data discovery and data governance. It might be in the catalog, or it might be in the governance part. It is useful for us for such information.

It is very helpful for educating users on how best to handle sensitive data. We can also apply row-level and column-level security in Microsoft Purview so that any type of sensitive information, such as credit card information or health card information, is only visible to specific groups of users, not to all public users. It provides that flexibility, which is valuable. We can easily apply group policies and provide access to a specific group of users. We have millions of rows and hundreds of columns, and we can't give access to all users.

It reduces the number of solutions required for data governance. It also reduces manual effort. 

It has saved our time and cost by 35% to 40%. Previously, the data discovery and data governance part required more manual or human effort. We needed dedicated resources for the data discovery and data governance part. There were five to six resources that we had to hire only for this task. So, there have been overall cost savings for the organization. We now don't have to spend on the salary of those resources and third-party vendors. It eliminates all those costs. 

It gives clear visibility across all our data for data governance and data storage. It helps to know why certain data scans failed. 

It shows the compliance information in real-time. It has a unified dashboard where you can track all your KPIs and policies in an easy way. It has a unified dashboard where you can see all the group policies that you have applied. You can make configuration changes at any time. So, everything is on a real-time basis. The policies that you are applying are also applicable on a real-time basis.

It helps to stay on top of compliance. We can easily apply policies to meet our compliance requirements. In every country, there are specific rules, policies, and regulations. As per the Indian government regulations, there are some specific requirements for the data part. There are some restrictions related to data storage, servers, and the location of the data. 

Microsoft Purview is a good solution for data governance. It has notable features for maximizing the value of your data. The data discovery and the data analytics parts are great both on-premises and on-cloud. 

It is great that Microsoft Purview can integrate with Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Power BI, etc. Its capability for data source scanning and classification across multiple clouds is fantastic. It also helps with security and compliance policies and group policies across the organization.

The overall cost of deploying this solution could be better. It seems that middle and small-sized organizations are not completely happy with deploying this solution in terms of the cost. It would be good if they concentrate on the cost part. 

Another improvement area is their customer support and service. The resolution time for an issue could be better.

It has been more than two years.

It is now stable. It is now fully matured in the market. There are no issues with the stability part. 

It is highly scalable

Their support could be better. They aren't able to resolve some issues quickly. They sometimes require up to 72 hours to resolve an issue. I would rate their support an 8 out of 10.

Positive

Previously, we didn't have a specific tool for data discovery and data governance. All the things were done manually at our end.

It is straightforward because it is a cloud service. You just need to enable that service and pay as you go.

It doesn't require any manual maintenance from our end because it is fully managed by Microsoft. All the upgrades, updates, and patches are fully managed by Microsoft.

It was implemented in-house, but we got help from a Microsoft solutions architect. There were six to seven people involved in its implementation.

Its pricing is good in terms of the features that they are providing, but there are many competitors in the market who can easily provide you with similar services at a lesser cost.

We evaluated Collibra for data governance, but because we were using Microsoft Azure, we found Microsoft Purview to be more compatible. So, the integration and the compatibility parts were the main reasons. We were already using Microsoft Azure as the cloud computing tool. We wanted the new solution to be compatible with Microsoft Azure, as well as services running within Microsoft Azure. We were also using Microsoft Power BI and other Microsoft solutions, and we could easily integrate Microsoft Purview with our existing solutions.

Overall, it is a good solution, and that's why we are currently using it. It has features with AI/ML-based algorithms, but we generally do not use them because we are focusing more on the data governance and data discovery part. 

If you're using Microsoft solutions, it is highly recommended because compatibility would not be an issue. We went for it because compatibility with our existing solutions was our priority.

I would rate it a 9 out of 10 because no solution is perfect.