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Microsoft Purview Data Governance

byMicrosoft
in
4.5
Market Presence: Data and Analytics Governance Platforms, Augmented Data Quality Solutions

Overview

Product Information on Microsoft Purview Data Governance

Updated 14th October 2025

What is Microsoft Purview Data Governance?

Microsoft Purview Data Governance is a software that assists organizations in managing, cataloging, and governing data across various sources. It provides capabilities for data discovery, classification, and mapping, enabling users to create a comprehensive inventory of data assets. The software facilitates policy management, access controls, and lineage tracking to help ensure data compliance and security. By centralizing metadata and enabling automated data classification, the software aims to support data transparency and help organizations address regulatory and privacy requirements while improving data access and quality for analytics and business operations.

Microsoft Purview Data Governance Pricing

Microsoft Purview Data Governance software offers a pricing model based on pay as you go and commitment tiers, with charges calculated on the usage of specific components such as data map capacity, data scanning, insights, and information protection. Costs may vary depending on region and selected configuration, allowing organizations to scale according to their requirements. Free trial options may be available for initial usage.

Overall experience with Microsoft Purview Data Governance

IT Associate
<50M USD, Services (non-Government)
FAVORABLE

“Microsoft Suite Compatibility Stands Out Amid Steep Learning Curve and Costs”

5.0
Jul 27, 2025
Integrates perfectly with the microsoft suite. Provides accurate logging information of all activities
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CRITICAL

About Company

Company Description

Updated 11th August 2023

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft is dedicated to advancing human and organizational achievement. Microsoft Security helps protect people and data against cyberthreats to give peace of mind.

Company Details

Updated 25th March 2024
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1975
Head office location
Redmond, Washington, United States
Number of employees
10000+
Annual Revenue
30B+ USD
Website
https://microsoft.com

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Reviewer Insights for: Microsoft Purview Data Governance

Microsoft Purview Data Governance Likes & Dislikes

Like

Included with business premium, integrates with Microsoft suite

Like

The power of the different solutions is quite impressive, one example is the DLP policies which can be set as granular as you want. Our company has policies that look across the Microsoft suite and applies differing restrictions depending on what they are. We were also able to block USBs across the entire company from copying data, but due to the granular controls were able to allow certain staff members access (such as IT support). Data Security Posture Management or DSPM has enabled our company to make use of generative AI safely with Purview ensuring that there is no sensitive data being uploaded to these models to ensure no data leakage.

Like

centralized view of data, integration with tools like power BI, automatic classification

Dislike

Admin panel constantly changes, Expensive licensing if you don't have business premium. Steep learning curve.

Dislike

Microsoft recommends that all policies work via sensitive info types such as Credit Card Numbers, National Identity Numbers, and other typical types of info (a list is provided). However, as we use an internal numbering system this is not possible as Purview can mistakenly identify these as sensitive when they are not, thus blocking staff from working. Due to this, our policies are not as effective as they could be.

Dislike

mainly speed when it comes to large data

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Peer Discussions

What Your Peers Are Saying About Microsoft Purview Data Governance

Director of Cybersecurity Awareness and Training
Has anyone implemented in their organization Microsoft Purview with a E3 license? 
CISO
E5 yes. Reach out for details. 
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4 Dec 2024433 Views1 Comment
Director of IT
Has anyone used Epiq to implement Microsoft Purview for their organization? I am trying to find an implementation specialist for Purview in advance of rolling out Microsoft CoPilot.
VP of IT
We are working with Forsyte IT
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15 May 20242.2k Views2 Comments

Microsoft Purview Data Governance Reviews and Ratings

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4.5

(4 Ratings)

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Evaluation & Contracting

2.0

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5.0

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4.0

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4.8

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  • IT Associate
    <50M USD
    Services (non-Government)
    Review Source

    Microsoft Suite Compatibility Stands Out Amid Steep Learning Curve and Costs

    5.0
    Jul 27, 2025
    Integrates perfectly with the microsoft suite. Provides accurate logging information of all activities
  • Security Operations Center Analyst
    50M-1B USD
    Banking
    Review Source

    Granular Policy Controls Enhance Security Operations But Limit Custom Sensitive Data Types

    5.0
    Jun 23, 2025
    We use Purview for so many operations within our security team that if we didn't have it I genuinely believe we would be seeing security incidents daily. From being able to block USBs and the copying of files with sensitivity labels via the data loss prevention suite or ensuring that generative AI usage is within the company policies via DSPM. We also make use of communications compliance to track and resolve potential insider threats. The policy setup is very simple but robust with drop down boxes so it is intuitive. You can also set policies to run in audit mode just to ensure that nothing breaks when testing/rolling out changes.
  • IT Associate
    10B+ USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Automatic Data Classification and Centralized View Highlighted as Key Product Features

    4.0
    Jul 22, 2025
    user friendly UI, rich features and automatic data classification and discovery
  • Data architect
    <50M USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Wide Product Spectrum Requires Careful Use Case Selection for Effective Deployment

    4.0
    Jul 20, 2025
    the product spectrum is quite large; so selecting use cases are essential
  • IT Associate
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Daily Use Highlights Strengths of Auditing and eDiscovery With Microsoft Purview

    5.0
    Jul 22, 2025
    I use Microsoft Purview on a daily basis to perform a variety of compliance and data governance tasks like: Audit Logging for services such as Exchange, OneDrive and SharePoint to monitor user activities and ensure compliance. eDiscovery to retrieve detailed records of user actions and events for investigation and reporting purposes. Creation and management of DLP policies to protect sensitive information, including policies for general critical data and other requirements.
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