Microsoft Purview is now the combination of multiple Microsoft products. Can you explain the differences?
Let’s break Microsoft Purview down into three sections of features that were formerly other products to clarify things:
- Data governance: This deals with data catalog, data quality (preview), data lineage, data management, and data estate insights (preview). The product that had these features was formerly called Azure Purview
- Data security: Covers data loss prevention, insider risk management, information protection, and adaptive protection. The product that had these features was formerly called Microsoft Information Protection (MIP)
- Data compliance: This covers compliance manager, eDiscovery and audit, communication compliance, data lifecycle management, and records management. The product that had these features was formerly called Microsoft Information Governance
My question is, why is it so incomprehensibly expensive? It’s a really neat tool that a lot of organizations could make great use of, but it has at least one and maybe two too many zeroes on the bill, causing limited adoption.