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Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.0 out of 5

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PROS

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager provides visibility into data sharing and movement across multi-cloud and on-premises environments.
It ensures compliance with various policies and offers tools for investigation, risk assessment, and security score evaluations.
Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager eDiscovery is essential for organizations using Outlook, helping manage compliance tasks efficiently.
Users find the tool valuable for its effective performance and ideal stability, rated ten out of ten.
Implementation is swift when integrated with all Microsoft tools, and its setup depends on desired features.

CONS

Technical support for Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager needs improvement, as support staff often struggle to identify and resolve issues promptly.
There is room for expansion to include firewalls and endpoints.
Data connectors for Teams present challenges.
Automation for handling tasks in bulk needs enhancement.
Integrating add-on licenses into the base of Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager would help reduce costs for organizations.
 

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager Pros review quotes

Sachin Vinay - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager-Networks at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 2, 2022
We move data between clouds and also from on-premises to the cloud. There is no other mechanism to check if this data is moving according to industry standards for such things as security, bandwidth, and SSL encryption mechanism. We would not be able to see these metrics without Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager.
EB
Security Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 2, 2023
We have more visibility of data and how it is being shared.
Sumedh Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
May 27, 2025
Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments.
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reviewer2589171 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineering Manager at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Oct 30, 2024
The most valuable feature is its ability to apply regulations and ensure compliance with various policies. It also provides tools for investigation, risk assessment, and security score evaluations.
Sarfraz Shaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Forensic Investigator at Los Angeles Unified School District
Dec 5, 2024
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is necessary when using Outlook.
Peter-Murphy - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group
Dec 17, 2024
The system provides a dashboard showing our compliance status, which aids in managing compliance tasks.
TS
Senior security analyst at MB Cybermode
Jan 20, 2025
One of the valuable features of the tool is that it works effectively.
RR
Information Technology Auditor at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Feb 13, 2025
Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager is tightly integrated with email solutions like Office 365.
AO
System Administrator at Templars
May 27, 2025
The setup complexity depends on what features you want to implement in Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager.
 

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager Cons review quotes

Sachin Vinay - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant Manager-Networks at a university with 1,001-5,000 employees
Dec 2, 2022
One area for improvement is the technical support for Purview. With all the other solutions from Microsoft we get really good technical support, but with Purview we had a compliance error and we couldn't find the solution. Purview would not point us to the correct solution, it just indicated the error. We had to troubleshoot it and find out what led to this error. We contacted technical support but it took them one week to identify the root cause of the error.
EB
Security Architect at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Nov 2, 2023
We'd like to see the solution expanded to include firewalls and endpoints.
Sumedh Patil - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud architect at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
May 27, 2025
We've had issues with data connectors for Teams.
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: December 2025.
879,310 professionals have used our research since 2012.
reviewer2589171 - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineering Manager at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Oct 30, 2024
There could be improved automation for handling tasks in bulk or in an automated way.
Sarfraz Shaikh - PeerSpot reviewer
Digital Forensic Investigator at Los Angeles Unified School District
Dec 5, 2024
Microsoft Purview has moved its portal from classic to premium with some display improvements, yet not much in options and functionalities.
Peter-Murphy - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Technology Operations at Pobl Group
Dec 17, 2024
Integrating add-on licenses, which currently offer additional features at a cost, into the base product would be beneficial, especially for a charity organization to avoid incurring extra costs.
TS
Senior security analyst at MB Cybermode
Jan 20, 2025
The speed and accessibility, particularly in the user interface, require significant work.
RR
Information Technology Auditor at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Feb 13, 2025
Policy configuration, particularly for web interfaces and OCR scanning, presents challenges.
AO
System Administrator at Templars
May 27, 2025
When I tried to set up Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager for my organization to ensure people are not sending PII documents, especially payment cards, using keywords for flagging, it disrupted our services, so we had to deactivate it.