Microsoft Purview Data Governance Reviews

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. 

I'm an implementer and an integrator. In my last project, I used Purview for a government organization, so we primarily used it for data governance and data lineage. We haven't used it with Microsoft 365. It's a portal that takes data from SQL Server and the data lake. We mainly work on the data governance and security side. About 20 business analysts use Purview. The company has around 100 people in the department.

Microsoft Purview helps us manage data in various formats like Dynamic SQL. It performs two procedures. The primary function is to ingest the SQL database and modify the data type or column name. It also manages the data types and all the metadata related to the tables and columns. It puts everything in one place in the call view or the description pertaining to the business logic, plus the column-level descriptions.

It streamlines things by reducing the number of solutions that must interact with each other. When everything was done manually, each program maintained its own version of the Excel file. Now, it's in one central place, and I can go to Purview to manage the permissions.

By centralizing everything, Purview gives senior management greater visibility into their data. It also makes the data more accessible to non-technical people who need to access the data daily. It's easy for an admin to provide them access if they need to check something quickly. 

Purview checks compliance in real-time. It's helpful when we're meeting with regulators. We must follow European data regulations, so we must manage security and access. We need to show them a log of who had access, who gave it to them, and how many days they had access. That is all shown in Purview, plus other columns like the NHS identification numbers, etc. 

I rate Purview a six out of ten for its ability to help us stay on top of compliance. The product is still not mature enough. There are so many servers on Purview.

I like Purview's data discovery features. It automatically scans and identifies all the fields. In the last project, the customer required us to have some of the codes we specified in this, and we had to structure the codes in a specific way. We can define the structure. 

Previously, everything used Excel, so everyone had their own version of the same spreadsheet with different data, and they were managing it on SharePoint. That's why we moved it to Purview. 

Purview's privileged access manager helps us explore user access rights within the data lake. We use the data lineage and governance features. It can also explore secret data, but we still haven't implemented this feature. It has secure connectors for non-Microsoft sources, which is critical. We're bringing in files from storage. Purview connects to storage, scans it, and edits the required information. 

We've had a few issues with the scanner. It runs perfectly one day, and on another day, it will run the whole night. It's probably related to the rules. If I set some compliance rules and apply the rules to any column, I can't delete it. I have to disable it and reactivate it.

We have two instances. One is for everything, and the other is for the production environment. Sometimes there is a bug when the scan runs overnight. When we come in the next morning, it's still running, so we have to stop and restart it. This is costly.

I have used Purview for a year and a half. 

I rate Purview a six out of ten for stability. 

Purview is scalable. You can integrate it with on-premise solutions and third-party products. 

I rate Microsoft's support a seven out of ten.

Neutral

Our client was using Informatica. We used Purview for this project because the client has everything on Azure. It's better to use Purview when you work on Azure. We compared Informatica's available features with Purview's, and the client decided to go with Purview because of all the services in Azure. Microsoft is constantly adding new features to Purview.

Deploying Purview is straightforward. We deployed manually by creating services in Azure. The initial setup took five or six months. After that, we spent some time setting up the scan rules and defining the structure. I deployed the solution along with three other people. We worked with one or two people from Microsoft during the deployment. We have an excellent relationship with Microsoft, and they're helpful when we have any questions. 

We've seen a return from using Purview because it's more accessible to high-level managers without technical knowledge. 

Purview's price is pretty high when you factor in storage costs. 

I rate Microsoft Purview a six out of ten. It's a good service if you only use Azure. If you have an on-prem environment or use another cloud provider, you can compare Purview to other solutions. 

We need to catalog and assign terminology to all of our data to find all the personal information that we have within our copy systems.

Over the last three years or so, we have been using Kafka and nesting queues a lot. We wanted to bring in an orchestration engine to integrate seamlessly with our nesting system. We had a lot of legacy applications that are not that old, and we did not want to rewrite software components that we own to get the benefits of orchestration. That's where there is a need. One of the factors that will decide if the use of Camunda will spread out to more use cases in our company is the ease of integration.

We weren't sure what our data was in certain areas. We created red Xs that basically indicated the kinds of codes and criteria we are looking for. Purview uses them to scan, and then it tells us what it has found and where that data may lie within our servers and databases. Now, people in our company have a good understanding, when they look at a database, of what data is in that database.

It has dramatically improved the visibility we have into our environment. That's the main concept of Purview, to show you what data you have. The solution has been magnificent due to the fact that now we know, when we scan the data set, what we have within the database.

One of the compliance criteria in the UK is to make sure you know where all your personal information is, and Purview gives us the ability to know that across our data estate. When we have meetings with compliance regulators it's great because we can demonstrate where our data is. There are no awkward questions because we can say, "This is where our data is." We know it's accurate and it's one version of the truth. Everyone understands that, which is fantastic.

As a result, it has definitely saved us time because when we have requirements meetings they try to establish where the data is. But with the cataloging ability of the tool, we know where all the data is. We don't need to spend five hours finding out where all the data is because we already know. We've already got a scan and it's already told us, and we have verified that. Now we can use that as a blueprint to go forward.

Purview gives us the ability to find out what data we hold, and in which tables, so we can understand and have one version of the truth in every database server system.

The cataloging tool is definitely the most valuable. To catalog data you can have Purview do a scan that you configure yourself. It goes through all of your data in the database server you're connected to and will say there is "date of birth" in this column and personal information in that column, and names in this other column. It tells you about all the data you have in your tables, which helps people understand our data. We now know what data we have.

It's also very important that the solution provides data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments. Purview has links to all of our data so that we can make sure we have the right data protection involved.

Also, because it's very important to make sure that we have everything in place, and we only deal with companies that have all their compliance and rules in place, the fact Purview was built taking into account critical regulations from around the world is essential for our company, when it comes to scanning data.

Purview's data connector platform for non-Microsoft data sources is good, but there is some functionality that hasn't been developed yet. There are some servers that it can't connect to yet, because they're still in a trial process. However, there are obviously some non-MS sources it can support, which is good. Hopefully, for the ones it can't connect to, that will be rolled out soon.

There are other things that need to be developed in Purview. The data retention isn't great at the moment, and in that area we need certain functionality to be built. However, it's a very good tool and one I would champion.

I've been using Microsoft Purview for the last two years.

It hasn't gone wrong yet, so I can only give the stability a 10 out of 10. There have been no issues so far.

There should be no issue rolling it out, going forward. It's already working on seven or eight systems at the moment. However, we expect it will be on a lot more.

We have had a lot of contact with their technical support. Because we're at a very early stage with Purview, we need to make sure that we understand the functionality. They've been fantastic, mainly their support in America. They've been great. There have been no issues and it's very straightforward to understand what they're saying.

Positive

We previously used IBM InfoSphere. That tool wasn't good enough for what we needed.

The setup was pretty straightforward. We worked with our data engineer and it was sorted straight away. It was deployed very easily, in part because it's cloud-based. We had two or three people involved who work in data engineering, architecture, and data governance.

It's deployed across cloud and on-prem solutions. The maintenance is not heavy. It's very straightforward.

It was all done in-house.

We have seen ROI massively. We now know where all our data is, so we don't need to worry about that. The amount of time that it would have taken to do that manually, without a tool like this, would have been huge. It was done automatically with the scan.

The pricing is absolutely excellent, fantastic. And the licensing is also fantastic. You pay for what you use, and the license isn't massive, unlike a lot of other licenses.

We used the review sites to look at all the other technology, and it came up that Purview was the most cost-effective tool to do what we wanted. It wasn't just the cost, but rather, the cost and the functionality. What we wanted was the right price. We found that other tools could do very similar things for a lot more money. While the cost of Purview is very good, the functionality is also very good.

Make sure you have all the details of your endpoints in place because Purview needs to link to the endpoints. If you haven't got the endpoints in place, then you can't make the connection to the servers and to the databases. But if you have all those details in hand, it's very simple and straightforward.

Regardless of our use case, it's important that Purview helps protect iOS, Mac, Android, and data in other SaaS apps. But we use it to catalog our on-prem and our cloud so for us, it's not necessary that it covers iPhone or iOS or Mac. It's more of a system-architecture scanner.

And because it's a cataloging tool for us, we still need our existing systems in place. Purview is like a layer on top of that to find out where we have things and where we need things.

It's a cloud-based system, but it doesn't have any relation to Office or other Microsoft systems. It can link up to anything.

The only reason I'm not going to give it a 10 overall is that not all the functionality has been rolled out yet. Purview is very early on as a tool.

Overall, Purview is a fantastic tool for staying on top of compliance, knowing where your data is and what data you hold. In terms of data retention, you know what data is where and how long it's been there for. It really helps the business to understand that.

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.

Our goal was to provide insights into the latest data entries, implement governance measures, identify and classify sensitive data, and address specific business use cases. The primary use cases revolved around establishing a comprehensive data lineage, accompanied by pertinent metadata. This was primarily aimed at providing a business-centric dashboard, enabling stakeholders to visualize how data moves from one point to another and ultimately reaches the target. 

In my experience, I've utilized it on Windows machines with Blackfish without encountering any issues.

The dashboard offers insights into the nature of the data, and the transformations occurring between different columns, and allows for traceability to identify any issues that may arise. These use cases have proven highly beneficial not only for business analysis but also for support activities. For instance, it aids support personnel in quickly identifying issues such as missing data or anomalies, streamlining the troubleshooting process for efficient problem resolution.

Purview facilitates data management across diverse cloud and platform environments, encompassing AWS and GCP. However, my experience has been exclusively with Azure. Given that my ecosystem operates within Azure, both the source and target activities are conducted seamlessly within the Azure framework. The integration is smooth since Microsoft Purview is inherently designed for Microsoft components, making it effortless to establish connections and retrieve the required data. I haven't employed it for other sources or alternative cloud systems.

The importance of Purview lies in its careful consideration of critical global regulations. As a data governance solution, it plays a crucial role in business development processes. Given the potentially sensitive nature of incoming data, proper classification is essential to ensure specialized treatment. This facilitates easy access for subsequent activities such as metadata modifications or updates, providing sufficient information for comprehension by business personnel. The tool proves beneficial for data quality officers, enabling them to monitor data and detect any discrepancies, empowering them to take necessary actions. In the realm of the cloud, Purview emerges as a highly valuable data governance solution.

The integration of Microsoft Purview has significantly reduced the need for multiple solutions to interact within our company. This reduction not only streamlines processes but also saves time. For example, when a problem arises, understanding, identifying, and resolving it becomes much easier compared to the traditional approach of tracing through multiple systems for the root cause. With Microsoft Purview, the identification process is simplified, leading to potential savings in support efforts. Business stakeholders also benefit by gaining more visibility into how data flows through the system and understanding the metadata information without relying heavily on support or technical personnel. This autonomy enhances their ability to assess and comprehend the situation independently.

I haven't implemented it to enhance response time for insider threats by applying security measures. However, the tool does provide visibility into the movement of data, allowing the data control officer to monitor and classify alarms promptly. In the event of an alert, appropriate actions can be taken accordingly.

Efforts have significantly diminished, and this reduction is directly proportional to cost savings. As a technical person involved in both solution development and support processes, I've observed a reduction of more than fifty percent. The turnaround time for issue resolution has notably decreased. Previously, it took others a considerable amount of time to identify the root cause, but with Microsoft Purview, pinpointing issues and finding solutions has become much more efficient.

It has had a significant impact on our capacity to maintain compliance. As a data governance solution, it offers features essential for ensuring that compliance requirements are thoroughly met, and data processing aligns with regulatory standards.

The user interface is highly intuitive and user-friendly.

I appreciate it because it provides a unified solution. Everything can be managed in one place, from scanning sources to making assets available. The access includes comprehensive metadata information, presented in a non-technical manner for easy comprehension of the asset's nature. The visualization it offers is quite clear. Additionally, it creates a lineage based on data processing, allowing for workflow authorization and control over metadata modifications or other activities. 

It caters to the entire micro-ecosystem, providing connectivity and seamless data flow. It allows for scanning, asset discovery, and data coverage. While there are some existing limitations, it's important to note that the tool is continuously evolving. I believe it holds great potential and will become an excellent resource for development in the future.

Purview's data connector platform is designed to facilitate ingestion from non-Microsoft data sources. I've personally applied this feature to one of our sources, an Oracle database. Specifically, we utilized ADA for data permissions and seamlessly integrated it with the Azure Data Factory pipeline. This automated the connection to Oracle, enabling the setup of data extraction and loading processes. Overall, it proved to be a valuable and effective feature.

Enhancing the tool's capability to connect to multiple sources would be valuable. Also, when data is transformed in other systems, the tool should capture the relevant metadata and generate lineage for those systems as well. Thirdly, addressing limitations, such as relying on Apache Atlas for mitigation, should be handled within the Microsoft tool itself rather than external dependencies like Apache Atlas.

I have been using it for approximately six months.

The stability is satisfactory, and I would give it a rating of eight out of ten.

I have utilized it in a cloud environment, and scalability is assured.

I am content with technical support, but for various inquiries, the responses often indicate that the feature is either not available or still in a previous state. I would rate it eight out of ten.

Positive

The initial setup was straightforward. Even individuals with less technical expertise can do it.

Deployment spanned a week and involved six different individuals.

Maintenance becomes necessary when leveraging external APIs and tools, especially concerning access management. However, once the initial setup using MS Purview is complete, ongoing maintenance is minimal. Automation takes over with continuous scanning, automatic data classification, and sensitivity labeling. Workflows can be established and utilized for an extended period, reducing the need for frequent maintenance.

I consider it cost-efficient because of the metrics it provides. With each scan being incremental, avoiding redundant scans of the same object, the tool offers a way to manage costs effectively.

We didn't extensively evaluate other options because Microsoft Purview successfully met the requirements for the specific tasks at hand. However, during implementation, I became aware of more mature tools available in the market that might offer greater capabilities. It seems that Microsoft Purview is still evolving compared to these more established alternatives.

In my scenario, I encountered difficulty connecting to a file system database, especially when it was located on a different server. Additionally, when working with an in-house solution like Azure Data Factory, while Microsoft Purview can successfully bring metrics to tables as assets, it faces limitations in identifying the leading use of those assets. For instance, a database solution handling ETL activities may not seamlessly provide insights into the transformations, sources, immediate obligations, and final targets associated with a specific asset, making it challenging to track its usage directly within Microsoft Purview.

I would strongly recommend Microsoft Purview when utilizing solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem, such as Data Factory, various applications, and databases.

Overall, I would rate it a seven out of ten because several features are still in a preliminary state. Given that it is in preview, it may not be as stable or fully functional yet. Also, the absence of data quality and data profiling mechanisms contributes to this rating.

The main use case is DLP, for alerts and insider risk management.

It is very important for our organization because ours is a very data-heavy organization. We process a lot of data on a daily basis, and we need to check where the data is coming from, how it is being classified, where it is being sent, and whether it is being used by the intended user. We need all the security controls.

We have clarity and visibility at a granular level. We can check data at rest or in transit—where data is coming from and where it is going—on-premises as well as in cloud solutions. That's how it is helpful.

The attack surface has been reduced significantly. Earlier, we didn't have any visibility into it.Now, we review every log to know where data is coming from and where it is going, as well as who is handling it. And all our employees also know that if they are doing anything mischievous, someone is watching them.

In terms of time saved, we write a policy, get an alert, and work on it. It has reduced a lot of human intervention while checking all the logs. It gives us the log source that we can check directly.

The best part is that I can create classifications per my requirements. I use it to classify multiple platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, and different file sharing systems.

I also like the auto-labeling and the encryption of data when it is being sent out of the organization.

We also need complete coverage for every device that is connecting in our environment, so it's important that Purview can connect to iOS, Mac, and Android devices.

We just started using Purview DLP for macOS endpoints. We deployed it and
we are fine-tuning the policies. The macOS support is a very important factor because most of the teams handle data. We need to check whether they are sending any source code and how they are handling the data. We need to know whether they are using a key management system to handle secrets.

The fact that Purview was built to account for regulations around the world is important for us. It has to keep updated regarding all regulations because our users are across the globe. If we don't know the regulation data, retention policies, and other policies regarding the data, we may not be in compliance with those policies, and our company will have to pay a hefty fine.

I have been using Microsoft Purview for about two years.

It is a stable product. The stability is an eight out of 10.

Support should be improved in the form of good documentation and video lessons where a person can check things out. There is a community, but it takes a lot of time if we want to get an answer to a question. There should be an easy-to-reach place where, if you're stuck, the support system is there.

Neutral

The deployment was straightforward. We got help from Microsoft support's FastTrack. They helped us deploy it.

As for maintenance, we have to update the policies.

Overall, the only problem is the support system, which is a bit costly. But the product is good.

Our process for potential policy violations is to first check whether something is a true positive or a false positive; we check the document that is being sent. We then check it from our team's side, the responder's side, and then we check it with the compliance team. We look at the policies that have been violated and also check the business use case where something is being sent outside the organization. It's a manual effort for one of our teams.

As for educating users on how to best handle sensitive data, that is done by our compliance team. They do awareness training for our end users and send them awareness emails as well as monthly connections where they give them awareness information about how to handle sensitive data.

We are only using Purview for DLP on the incident-response side and for data protection. So I'm not sure whether it has reduced the number of solutions in the stack we are using, but it is very useful for us.

And although I'm not involved with the compliance side, we can check the compliance dashboard to deal with compliance-related issues. We have a dedicated team that checks it.