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“Purview” is Microsoft’s governance & compliance solutions family.  There are some elements of data security in the suite but for the most part, it’s about:

• Governance – For example, “What kind of data do I have? Do I need to keep this data? Should I delete this data? How should I be protecting this data? What kind of people should have access to this data? What can they do with this data?”
• Compliance – For example, “Is my organization adhering to the legal & government regulations on how data should be handled? Can I comply with legal & government mandates like audit reports that prove compliance? Can I respond to data discovery requests from pending litigation?”

Comparatively:

• “Defender” is Microsoft’s security solutions family.
• “Microsoft Sentinel”, because its application & utility spans both security & governance across both on-prem & in-cloud solutions, stands alone as its own offering and isn’t specifically part of either the “Defender” or “Purview” family.

WHAT’S IN PURVIEW
Here’s a synopsis of the solutions that are available through Microsoft Purview. You will find that while some are available “ala carte”, most Purview solutions require licensing either Microsoft 365 E5/G5 or Microsoft 365 E5/G5 Compliance for effectively use.

1. Purview Audit Premium (E5)
   1. High bandwidth access to Office 365 API (E5)
   2. 1-year Audit Log Retention (E5)
   3. 10-year Audit Log Retention available (E5)
2. Purview Communications Compliance (E5)
3. Purview Compliance Manager
   1. 3x Premium Templates (E5)
4. Purview Data Lifecycle Management
   1. Purview Adaptive Policy Scope (E5)
5. Purview Data Loss Prevention
   1. Teams Data Loss Prevention (E5)
   2. Endpoint Data Loss Prevention (E5)
   3. Adaptive Protection
6. Purview eDiscovery Premium (E5)
7. Purview Information Protection
   1. IRM enabled SharePoint document libraries & lists
   2. Exact Data Match for Sensitive Information Types (E5)
   3. Trainable Classifiers (E5)
   4. Automatic Sensitivity Labelling (E5)
8. Purview Information Barriers
9. Purview Advanced Message Encryption (E5)
10. Purview Insider Risk Management
    1. Purview Insider Risk Management Adaptive Protection
11. Purview Records Management
12. Purview Privileged Access Management (E5)
13. Purview Customer Key (E5)
14. Purview Customer Lockbox (E5)
15. Purview Double Key Encryption (E5)
16. Purview Data Connectors (E5)

References:

• Training:
  • Describe the data compliance solutions of Microsoft Purview – Training
  • Manage insider risk in Microsoft 365 – Training
• Deployment:
  • Notes from Engineering – Purview deployment models
  • Deployment Plan for Microsoft Purview – GCC deployments
• Licensing:
  • Microsoft 365 guidance for security & compliance
  • Modern Work Plan Comparison for GCC Cloud Instances (8pg, .PDF)
• Unified
  • Deployment Guidance & Workshop Training
    (Contact Unified Support for datasheets around the many engagements & trainings available)