3.2.2 Describe the Purpose of Microsoft Purview

Description of Microsoft Purview.

Purview is a family of data governance, risk and compliance solutions. It brings insights on on-prem, multicloud and SaaS together. It allows you to keep up to date with your data landscape with:

• Automated data discovery

• Sensitive data classification

• End-to-end data lineage.

Purview Risk and Compliance Solutions

MS Teams, OneDrive and Exchange are all services which Purview uses to help manage and monitor data. By doing so, Purview helps:

• Protect sensitive data across clouds, apps, and devices.

• Identify data risks and manage regulatory compliance requirements.

• Get started with regulatory compliance.

Unified Data Governance

Purview's data governance capabilities help manage data stored in Azure, SQL and Hive databases, locally, and even in other clouds like Amazon S3.

Unified data governance helps:

• Create up-to-data map of entire data estate.

• Identify where sensitive data is stored.

• Create a secure environment for data consumers to find valuable data.

• Generate insights about data storage and use.

• Manage access to data securely, and at scale.