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Purview

Data governance and protection: classification, DLP and compliance across your whole information estate — M365 and beyond.

FOCUS · GOVERNED DATAKnowing what data you have, who touches it and where it leaves: the base of GDPR and NIS2
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01 · What it is

Microsoft Purview, made clear.

Purview answers the questions audits always ask: what sensitive data we have, where it is, who accesses it, how it leaves. Automatic classification (with AI too), sensitivity labels that encrypt and follow the file, DLP on mail, Teams and endpoints, retention and eDiscovery: data governance as a system, not as policy on paper.

Auto-label
sensitive data found and classified on its own, at M365 scale
DLP
the leak blocked on mail, Teams, USB: data that doesn't leave by mistake
Follow-the-file
the label encrypts and travels with the document: protected outside too
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02 · How to use it well

The things that make the difference.

The governance

The estate: M365, endpoints, cloudwhere the data lives
Classification
Protection (labels)
DLP
find · encrypt · retain
Retention & eDiscoverykeep and retrieve, by law
Insider risk & auditwho does what, tracked
From unknown data to governed data

A map of the sensitive data

First you discover what's there (and there's always more than expected), then you protect with judgment.

Labels that work

Few clear labels, applied automatically where possible: the classification people actually use.

Gradual DLP

First in audit, then in block: policies refined on false positives before braking the work.

Evidence for NIS2/GDPR

Registers, retention and responses to data subject requests: the audit with the proof ready.

03 · In depth

Classification, DLP and insider risk

Purview scans and classifies (200+ sensitive info types, EDM for exact data, trainable classifiers for company documents); sensitivity labels apply encryption and permissions that follow the file; DLP policies act on Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, endpoints (and Chrome via extension) with a simulation mode for tuning; Insider Risk Management correlates exfiltration signals; retention and records management close the document lifecycle; eDiscovery Premium holds up in litigation.

  • EDM — exact data match on YOUR data (IBANs, employee IDs): surgical precision
  • Trainable classifier — the model trained on company documents: contracts recognized
  • Label con cifratura — the file protected outside too: permissions travel inside it
  • DLP endpoint — USB, printing and uploads controlled on the device
  • Simulation mode — the policy tested without blocking: tuning before enforcement
  • Insider risk — exfiltration patterns correlated with privacy by design
04 · Numbers and lifecycle

The numbers that matter.

200+
the ready-made sensitive data types (+ yours with EDM)
0
friction if labels are auto-applied: the user doesn't decide
4
the DLP channels: mail, sites, chat, endpoints
GDPR
provable DSRs and retention: the audit with the proof
Data governed before the AI: we map, label and take DLP from simulation→enforce — Copilot arrives on a tidy estate.
05 · Use cases

Where it really pays off.

Operational GDPR

Personal data mapped, protected and erasable.

Intellectual property

Designs and price lists that don't leave the company.

Getting ready for AI

Safe Copilot and AI: first you govern the data, then you query it.

AI and the cloud amplify what they find: with Purview your data arrives governed.