Share your experience using Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager

We primarily use the solution for compliance. 

The solution helps centralize data governance. Its centralized platform is very convenient. It also allows for confidential data discovery. We can uncover what data is present on-premises, on the cloud, or in SaaS environments. 

The solution helps us with automating data classification. We can classify everything, including metadata. It makes it very easy to organize and categorize our data.

Since it integrates well with Microsoft, we can easily integrate everything together.

The product is very integrated with AI and can give us suggestions based on AI. It can help us better manage compliance.

The data classification, sensitivity labeling, and regulatory compliance capabilities are all very useful. They provide compliance with industry-specific regulations such as HIPPA, CCPA, and GDPR and can help us with future policy enforcement. We can enforce various policies, including data governance policies. Also, we can establish custom policies.

We have direct access control. We can control our data in terms of sensitivity labels. If it is a high sensitivity, we can label it so. We can also manage data retention and deletion. 

Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments. It has good integration with third parties, including GCP. It also integrates very easily with Microsoft 365 and other Microsoft solutions. 

Purview can connect with iOS, Mac, Android devices, et cetera. This is important for us as we have different types of employees. Some are using Windows only. Others are on Mac. We can have a unified enforcement policy no matter the platform they use. 

We have different types of data connectors present. We can use GCP or AWS, and they would be supported. It provides cover for a wide range of sources, including those on the cloud and on-premises. 

It provides classification, cataloging, and data mapping. We can integrate all of our tools together. Since we can bring all sources together, we can more easily manage everything.

It helps with our ISO and other types of compliance. We can follow worldwide or US standards. We can also integrate with reporting tools like Power BI and can enable organizations to leverage business intelligence. 

AI does provide us with some useful suggestions for what compliance to follow. It can advise on what policies to implement and follow, and we can look at the information right on the dashboards. 

It saves time in terms of compliance. If you had to do everything manually, it would take a lot of time. However, this helps with automation. We might have saved 20% to 30% of our time overall since it's helped reduce manual work. A lot of the compliance is automatically set up by Purview if we configure it that way. It really does have the potential to help us stay on top of compliance. 

We've had issues with data connectors for Teams. I found that sometimes they lack features, and Purview does not easily integrate with Teams. It needs to improve behavior compliance. 

I've used the solution for a year and a half.

The solution is mostly stable. Microsoft does fix issues and provides updates regularly.

I'd rate stability eight out of ten. 

We don't have Purview in multiple offices. We have it at the head office. We have a specific team that works with Purview. It's mostly maintained by the security team, which is three to five people. 

I'd rate the scalability nine out of ten.

We rarely need to reach out to technical support unless there is a very big issue. 

Positive

I previously used a different solution. However, Microsoft is more widely used. It is also loaded with features that many third-party vendors do not offer, and it's better for integration with different platforms like GCP and AWS.

The initial deployment is straightforward. We're provided with a lot of information and guidance. There's lots of information about configuring the product as well. 

It did take me a few hours to understand the product, the UI, and all the features. However, if someone is familiar with Microsoft, it's a pretty normal amount of complexity.

Purview does not require any maintenance.

The product is cost-efficient as we already use many Microsoft products and have Microsoft licenses. 

We're a Microsoft customer. 

We do not specifically use Purview for DLP, although it is possible to do so. Right now, we use Defender for 365.

Since we use a lot of Microsoft products, it's very useful. 

I'd recommend the solution, especially if a company uses a lot of Microsoft.

I would rate Purview nine out of ten.

We use the product for data loss prevention. 

We like how it's improved the organization in terms of how we handle our security data. The awareness of policies and how to properly label documents has been useful. 

It's helped us reduce the number of solutions we need. The majority of our work, especially in our infrastructure, is simplified. 

Their data classification and data labeling are good. The insider threat features are useful. We were looking for those options in other vendors, and once we used Purview, we really liked it. The user experience is quite phenomenal, especially after implementing DLP. 

It provides data protection across multi-cloud environments. We're a financial company. We keep our data in a secure manner, and processing data is essential.

In phases two and three, we're hoping to use it in more broader applications. In phase one, we are focused on Microsoft 365 and InTune.

Purview's natively integrated compliance across Azure Dynamics and Office 365 is great. We need the active integration of Microsoft. 

It takes into account critical regulations from around the world. As a finance company, we need to follow international and local regulations as part of our compliance. 

It's great for data loss protection for remediating policy violations. We can set how people block or if there is an alert or policy violation, and it's all handled under automation. 

We have a monthly one-hour webinar that explains DLP, how to use labeling, et cetera.

It took us about a year to realize time to value. We've done some reporting on how we've improved the processes in terms of data. 

Purview helped to reduce the number of solutions that need to interact with each other. We don't need to have a lot of solutions anymore. 

It's helped us create visibility into our estate. We have more visibility of data and how it is being shared. 

We use the solution's AI and automation. We use CoPilot. It helps with speed and accuracy; however, I cannot say just yet by how much. CoPilot recently has been enabled. We'll need a couple of months to realize the impacts.

We can show our compliance in real-time. It gives us up-to-the-minute visibility on how data is being used and processed.

We can act on insider threats thanks to the alerts and visibility. We're hoping we'll be able to reduce any insider threats. We've reduced it so far by 50%.

The solution has helped us save time and money. We have an enterprise agreement that offers good pricing. 

We've been able to effectively stay on top of compliance using the best solutions, including this product. 

We'd like to see the solution expanded to include firewalls and endpoints. 

What we need has basically already been provided by the solution. 

I've used the solution for a couple of years. I just started using it. 

So far, the solution is very stable. We haven't had any issues. 

The solution is deployed across multiple departments and 10,000 endpoints. 

It's a very scalable product. We do have plans to increase usage in the near future. 

We did use a different vendor for DLP. There were some limitations and integration issues that we don't face with Purview. Purview offers very easy management. It's straightforward. You don't need to worry about the infrastructure behind it. The user experience is also straightforward compared to the other DLP solutions we've used. 

I was involved in the initial planning and implementation. However, I wasn't involved with integrations. 

The initial deployment was straightforward. We put it in a test environment first. After three months, another department was added. We had it for a year before we did a company-wide implementation. 

We had five to six people involved in the deployment, including administrators and engineers. 

There is no maintenance required. Microsoft manages the solution. 

We deployed the solution with the help of Microsoft. 

I'm not sure of the exact pricing of the solution. It's cheaper than our previous option. The cost is not much of an issue at the moment. 

We did not evaluate other options. 

I'd rate the solution ten out of ten. 

If potential users don't think about the price and consider their environment, especially if they have a Mircosoft environment, it's the best solution in terms of DLP.