Purview, Microsoft's compliance layer, went from enterprise luxury to practical answer: retention policies, sensitivity labels, audit logs and DLP that satisfy real questions insurers and auditors actually ask.
The honesty: it's deep, the licensing maps to E5 or add-ons, and a label scheme nobody understands is worse than none. Start small, label what matters, expand.
Verdict: the compliance evidence machine, deployed in slices, not all at once.
Reviewed from live fleet experience · published June 2026 · we earn a fair margin on some products we supply; reviews are not sponsored.
