Microsoft is also significantly expanding its catalogue of sensitive information types, with the addition of more than 50 new classifiers
Microsoft announced the launch of a platform that unifies some of its existing capabilities in data governance and risk management while adding several new features to enhance data security and privacy.
Microsoft Purview’s platform is a combination of the solutions formerly known as Azure Purview and Microsoft 365 Compliance. Integrating the two solutions in this way enables new capabilities for corporate teams responsible for protecting their organisation’s data.
“While just a few new features are available with this initial announcement, the plan is to continue adding to the capabilities of Microsoft Purview over time — ultimately providing a unique value to customers. I don’t know of anyone that’s taken this perspective yet of bringing together these two different audiences,” he said. “When I talk to customers, they get very excited about this — because it clearly meets a pain point that they’re feeling,” said Alym Rayani, General Manager, Compliance and Privacy, Microsoft.
The first new capability that Microsoft Purview will introduce makes sensitivity labels viewable across both the Microsoft Purview compliance portal (formerly Microsoft 365 Compliance) and the Microsoft Purview governance portal (formerly Azure Purview). This new feature allows administrators to consistently apply sensitivity labels to data across platforms and data types. Now, labels travel with the data and are recognised by all the services you extend it to. Labelling is just the first step, and Microsoft plans to extend this integrated approach to a full range of actions in the future, including enforcement actions.
Other new capabilities Microsoft is announcing include the launch of Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention for macOS in general availability. Microsoft is also significantly expanding its catalogue of sensitive information types, with the addition of more than 50 new classifiers. In terms of the capabilities around sensitivity labels, sensitivity labels created in Microsoft 365 can also be extended to Azure, SharePoint, Teams, Power BI and SQL.
