Microsoft Purview eDiscovery Reviews

Name: Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Brand: Microsoft
Rating: 3.8 (4 reviews)

3.8 out of 5

4 reviews
75% willing to recommend

What is Microsoft Purview eDiscovery?

Efficiently respond to legal matters or internal investigations with intelligent capabilities that reduce data to only what’s relevant. Discover data where it lives. Discover and collect data in place, within your Microsoft Purview boundary. Manage workflows efficiently. Streamline your eDiscovery process with an end-to-end workflow from one platform. Accelerate your process. Get insights quickly with built-in capabilities, reducing review time and costs.

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is the #3 ranked solution in top eDiscovery software and #26 ranked solution in top Microsoft Security Suite solutions. PeerSpot users give Microsoft Purview eDiscovery an average rating of 7.6 out of 10. Based on the analysis of the 4 most recent Microsoft Purview eDiscovery reviews, the overall sentiment is positive, with a sentiment score of 7.5. (Among the highest in the category). Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is most commonly compared to Commvault Cloud: Microsoft Purview eDiscovery vs Commvault Cloud. Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is popular among the large enterprise segment, accounting for 60% of users researching this solution on PeerSpot. The top industry researching this solution are professionals from a financial services firm, accounting for 14% of all views.

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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery

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Mike McBride

Writer/Blogger at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

Purview's data protection features are vital. With all the changes in data protection and privacy laws, Microsoft must provide a way for people to keep their data safe while being able to access it when needed. Microsoft 365 is a vast platform. You have data everywhere and connections to outside resources hosted on AWS and other non-Microsoft platforms. It's crucial to have the ability to keep all your data safe in one place. That's the dream. It's crucial to be able to grab information from whatever's connected to that, whether it's an iOS, Android, or other endpoint. At the same time, when I'm doing forensic collection from those devices using Celebrate or some other tool, can I pull that information into my eDiscovery platform? I like the Data Connector platform, which supports ingestion from other Microsoft data sources. It's a little confusing, though, because Microsoft defaults to throwing everything into Exchange. You're putting so much stuff into the mailbox, but Exchange is the place where I know I can get it. When you have a connector or something like Slack, it just pulls those messages straight into the mailbox. As a new eDiscovery user, I'm not concerned about how to go to these platforms and get this information. I only need to worry about the mailbox. Native integration across Dynamics and 365 is crucial. Some things live in Azure databases that the discovery tools can't collect. That's an issue for a lot of people I work with. Let's say I've got this Azure database storing many data, but my eDiscovery tool can't read from it. Now I need to figure out how to get that data and pull it into my discovery tool. That is one area where Microsoft has made much progress over the last three years. More things are reachable, but accessing stuff in Azure is still a challenge. One of the biggest challenges is that regulations vary depending on your location. I don't envy Microsoft figuring that out, but it's critical. In the discovery world, there are data privacy protections and laws about the geolocation of data, etc. Those are things we have to pay attention to. You can't fudge that because those are legal requirements. It's crucial to have a discovery tool that can work with that.

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Deepesh Mehtani

Project Manager at AA Telecom

The tool's search options and data connectivity are good. Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is valuable for collecting information. It makes it easier for us to provide information when a user is looking for specific data from another user. For instance, it's very convenient if a user needs data from their email but doesn't want to navigate through ten years of logs (since we've migrated everything to Office 365). The old emails and data in SharePoint are easily searchable. So, I can quickly go there, retrieve the necessary information, such as a PSD card or a data file, and grant access to the users.

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Frank Radeck

Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees

I primarily use Microsoft Purview eDiscovery for internal eDiscovery cases, valuing its cross-platform search and multi-cloud capabilities. While improvements could expand compatibility, its integrated approach and cloud deployment via Azure streamline our processes effectively.

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As of November 2024, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery in the eDiscovery category stands at 25.3%, up from 7.0% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

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Valuable Features

Machine learning automation and international regulation compliance stand out in Microsoft Purview eDiscovery. Data protection features align with privacy laws, ensuring data safety and access. Seamless information retrieval across Exchange, SharePoint, and Teams enhances efficiency. Multi-cloud support and integration across iOS, Mac, and Android improve accessibility. Global regulation alignment is critical, offering visibility and accountability. Purview's data connectivity and search options simplify user data collection, meeting diverse organizational needs efficiently.

"Tasks that took an entire day before we implemented Purview now take just 30 minutes."
"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is its ability to search across various platforms, including Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and OneDrive. It enables a streamlined, unified process for searching across these platforms."
"The tool has been beneficial. Some of our previous users left the organization without sharing the information they had at a personal level. This information was related to the organization, and they didn't disclose it. Thanks to the product, it's easy for me to search and find out what communication a specific user has done, whether it's from SharePoint or any other platform. With Microsoft Purview eDiscovery, we can easily retrieve and restore this data."

Room for Improvement

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery faces challenges such as limited tagging, slow search speeds, and functionality gaps compared to specialized legal tools. Users often need to transfer data to other platforms for features like date stamping. Frequent, unpredictable updates disrupt workflows. Compatibility is currently restricted to platforms like OneDrive and Teams, with room to support more. There is also feedback suggesting cost improvements.

"I would suggest adding more platforms."
"I would suggest adding more platforms. Currently, it's compatible with OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint, and Exchange. Adding more features, as Microsoft continues to expand their cloud offerings, would be beneficial. Exploring options like Azure Files might be an avenue for improvement."
"Microsoft Purview eDiscovery should be cheaper."

ROI

Pricing

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is perceived as expensive by some users due to its licensing. Enterprises note the premium value for heavy Teams users with eDiscovery Premium, gaining significant advantages in data collection. However, certain features are unavailable with E3 licenses, posing challenges for compliance. Integrating Microsoft 365 licenses, organizations find that using partners such as CDW simplifies acquisition through CSP or MCE agreements, benefiting from a streamlined, collaborative process with Microsoft's support.

"Microsoft Purview eDiscovery comes as part of Microsoft 365 licenses."
"In the positions that I've had through contracting over the years, I've heard talk of it being overpriced and underperforming compared to its competitors."

Popular Use Cases

Organizations primarily use Microsoft Purview eDiscovery for managing electronically stored information within Microsoft 365. They execute searches and queries for litigation cases, apply litigation holds, and conduct data culling and analytics. During events like the pandemic, firms focused on collecting data from Teams and other applications to address information governance. They also utilize it for accessing specific emails, searching through contacts, and managing data collected from SharePoint and email exchanges, especially during workforce changes.