https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/category/compliance New and reviewed Microsoft Purview (Compliance) guides. Labels, DLP, retention, eDiscovery, audit, and records management. en Solving Microsoft 365 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-sensitivity-labels-deep-dive https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-sensitivity-labels-deep-dive#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How Purview sensitivity labels classify and protect content, how to design a taxonomy that survives contact with users, and the rollout order that works. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-loss-prevention-deep-dive https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-loss-prevention-deep-dive#2026-09-06 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) DLP policies detect and prevent sensitive data from leaving Microsoft 365. Here's the architecture and how to roll them out. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-communication-compliance https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-communication-compliance#2026-09-05 Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Communication Compliance reviews emails, Teams chats, and Viva Engage messages against policy. Here's the model. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-map-overview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-data-map-overview#2026-09-04 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) The Data Map is the data governance side of Purview — discovering, classifying, and cataloguing data across the enterprise. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-varonis https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-varonis#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Microsoft Purview vs Varonis: Purview's native labels and DLP against Varonis's permissions analytics, automated remediation, and data-access detection. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-netskope https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-vs-netskope#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Microsoft Purview vs Netskope for data protection: native labelling and DLP inside Microsoft 365 against SSE-based DLP across every cloud app and the web. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-search-the-audit-log-in-microsoft-purview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-search-the-audit-log-in-microsoft-purview#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How to search the Microsoft 365 unified audit log in Purview: check it's on, search by activity, user, and date, export, and Search-UnifiedAuditLog at scale. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-publish-sensitivity-labels-in-microsoft-purview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-publish-sensitivity-labels-in-microsoft-purview#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How to publish sensitivity labels in Microsoft Purview: create the label set, configure encryption and marking, publish a label policy, set defaults, pilot. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-create-a-retention-policy-in-microsoft-purview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-create-a-retention-policy-in-microsoft-purview#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How to create a retention policy in Microsoft Purview: static or adaptive scope, locations, retain-then-delete settings, and rolling it out without surprises. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-create-a-dlp-policy-in-microsoft-purview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/how-to-create-a-dlp-policy-in-microsoft-purview#2026-09-03 Thu, 03 Sep 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How to create a DLP policy in Microsoft Purview for card and personal data: locations, sensitive info types, rules and actions, simulation mode, enforcement. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/what-is-microsoft-purview https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/what-is-microsoft-purview#2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) What Microsoft Purview is: labels, DLP, retention, eDiscovery, insider risk, and the data-governance catalogue — how the two halves differ and where to start. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/customer-key-for-microsoft-365 https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/customer-key-for-microsoft-365#2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How Customer Key lets you bring your own encryption keys for Microsoft 365 service encryption — and when to use it. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/service-trust-portal-and-compliance-docs https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/service-trust-portal-and-compliance-docs#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Where to find Microsoft's compliance certifications, audit reports, and data-handling commitments. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-retention-policies-explained https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-retention-policies-explained#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How Microsoft Purview retention policies keep and delete content across Microsoft 365 — the model and the gotchas. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-records-management https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-records-management#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Records management is retention with teeth — declaring content as a record locks it for legal/regulatory compliance. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-insider-risk-management https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-insider-risk-management#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Insider Risk Management detects risky internal behaviour — data theft, IP leakage, policy violations — with built-in privacy controls. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-information-barriers https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-information-barriers#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Information Barriers prevent specific groups of users from communicating or collaborating — for regulatory, ethical, or legal reasons. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-ediscovery-standard-vs-premium https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-ediscovery-standard-vs-premium#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How Purview eDiscovery finds, preserves, and exports content for legal cases — and what premium adds. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-auto-labelling-policies https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-auto-labelling-policies#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How auto-labelling applies sensitivity and retention labels automatically based on content match — and the operational realities. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-audit-and-retention https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/purview-audit-and-retention#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How long Microsoft 365 retains audit logs by default, what Audit (Premium) adds, and how to think about retention. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-priva-privacy-management https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/microsoft-priva-privacy-management#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Microsoft Priva is the data-privacy management product in Microsoft 365 — risk management and subject rights requests. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/customer-lockbox-deep-dive https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/customer-lockbox-deep-dive#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) How Customer Lockbox controls Microsoft engineer access to your tenant data — and when it actually triggers. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/compliance-manager https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/compliance-manager#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Compliance Manager scores your tenant against compliance frameworks and tracks improvements over time. https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/audit-log-query-patterns https://www.solvingmicrosoft365.com/guides/audit-log-query-patterns#2026-05-01 Fri, 01 May 2026 08:00:00 GMT Emil Björk Microsoft Purview (Compliance) Practical patterns for finding what you need in the unified audit log — investigations, compliance, and routine checks.