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3.8 out of 5
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As of April 2025, the mindshare of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery in the eDiscovery category stands at 27.3%, up from 15.5% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Financial Services Firm
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Government
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Computer Software Company
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Legal Firm
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University
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Manufacturing Company
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Healthcare Company
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Comms Service Provider
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Retailer
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Construction Company
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Real Estate/Law Firm
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Energy/Utilities Company
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Hospitality Company
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Performing Arts
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Non Profit
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Insurance Company
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Media Company
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Wholesaler/Distributor
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Outsourcing Company
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Transportation Company
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Aerospace/Defense Firm
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Logistics Company
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Pharma/Biotech Company
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Microsoft Purview eDiscovery reviews

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Frank Radeck - PeerSpot user
Director, IT Infrastructure & Cloud Technology at a legal firm with 501-1,000 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Nov 21, 2024
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Tasks that took an entire day before we implemented the solution now take just 30 minutes.

Pros

"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. "

Cons

"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. "
PeerSpot user
Senior System Engineer at a sports company with 5,001-10,000 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Nov 27, 2024
Has made it significantly easier to handle rare litigation requests

Pros

"The speed of it is valuable. I am able to search even 10,000 mailboxes for specific content. It helps search and accommodate the often limited information provided by users regarding what they need. "

Cons

"It has been one of the most solid tools I have worked with. However, Purview Data Loss Protection for remediating policy violations needs refinement, for example, in defining what constitutes a credit card because that is where I get the most false positives. "
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Michael Bollhoefer - PeerSpot user
Deveoper Enterprise Content Mamagement Lead at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Dec 18, 2024
Enables automated legal holds, but sorting and filtering could be improved

Pros

"The most valuable features are automatic content logging tagging. Performing these tasks manually would be impossible. Since most of our data is already in Microsoft, it's convenient to run it through this tool. "

Cons

"The sorting and filtering of the result data need improvement, and the interface for writing queries is not user-friendly for business users. We still need all the backend stuff. We have to use Graph API to interface with everything and create custom interfaces on the front end to make it easier for the end users, which is costly. The reporting, sorting, and filtering capabilities that other products have aren't available natively in Purview. "
John Alvis - PeerSpot user
Manager, Information Technology Operations & Security at a energy/utilities company with 201-500 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Dec 18, 2024
Enables us to guarantee that we followed the regulations

Pros

"The ability to query everything that's in Microsoft and send links or add people, like managers, to review the documents is valuable. It's easy as I don't have to download and email anything. I just add them as a reviewer, and they can access it from there. "

Cons

"The query language can be time-consuming to figure out if you don't know it initially. While there are options with dropdowns to select criteria, having a natural language feature would be beneficial. Copilot is expected to add such functionality in the future. "
Mike McBride - PeerSpot user
Writer/Blogger at a tech services company with 1-10 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Aug 18, 2023
It has improved visibility and simplified data review, but it lacks many features found in specialized tools

Pros

"I think eDiscovery Premium has made dealing with data from Teams much more accessible than any other platform."

Cons

"I see two significant challenges with many of my clients. One is that there are some functionality gaps compared to specialized tools in the legal industry, like a legal hold tool or a document review tool. They have features that Purview eDiscovery lacks. Those gaps create a situation where I almost have to do things twice. I need to collect all my data in eDiscovery and ship it to another platform to complete the review. "
PeerSpot user
Is admin at a energy/utilities company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Dec 16, 2024
It allows us to search for content quickly, but the search functions are limited in the E3 license

Pros

"The most valuable feature of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is the content search. We can use it to find the data we need by searching for keywords, phrases, or the sender or recipient. It helps us gather information from current employees or ones who have left the company. "

Cons

"We find that many critical functions are available only to E5 license holders. It would be beneficial to have more options available for E3 customers. Enhanced Teams functionalities and better capture of text message data, both SMS and MMS, would also be improvements. "
Deepesh Mehtani - PeerSpot user
Project Manager at AA Telecom
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Dec 24, 2023
Helps to collect data from SharePoint and comes with good search and data connectivity features

Pros

"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."

Cons

"Microsoft Purview eDiscovery should be cheaper. "
PeerSpot user
eDiscovery Analyst with 1-10 employees
Verified user of Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
Apr 23, 2023
Machine learning helps automate things, but tagging needs to be improved

Pros

"The machine learning wasn't half bad. I really like that part. I thought it was novel. It pretty much automated it, once you trained the model."

Cons

"Purview eDiscovery works, but it's not entirely perfect. There were times when search results would get hung up or error codes would be presented and we'd have to contact Microsoft to get that sorted out."