{"id":293,"date":"2025-12-17T09:26:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.evocate.com.au\/blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2026-01-20T15:19:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T05:19:01","slug":"how-to-use-microsoft-purview-for-compliance-purposes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.evocate.com.au\/blog\/security\/how-to-use-microsoft-purview-for-compliance-purposes\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use Microsoft Purview for compliance purposes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Turn compliance from a cost centre into a repeatable business process by using Microsoft Purview to automatically discover, protect and govern your data.<\/p>\n

For Australian organisations, meeting obligations under the Privacy Act<\/a> and customer contracts starts with visibility and control. Purview brings enterprise-grade compliance into Microsoft 365 tools you already use.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\n

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What is Microsoft Purview?<\/h2>\n

Microsoft Purview is a unified suite for data governance, risk and compliance across Microsoft 365, Azure, endpoints and third\u2011party apps. It helps you classify sensitive information, apply protection (like encryption and access controls), manage retention and records, prevent data loss, investigate insider risks, and meet legal discovery requirements. In short: Purview finds what matters, protects it, and proves it.<\/p>\n

Key terms you’ll see in this article:<\/p>\n

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  • DLP (Data Loss Prevention)<\/strong>: rules that stop sensitive data from leaving your organisation by email, chat, or device copy\/paste.<\/li>\n
  • eDiscovery<\/strong>: tools to find, hold and export content for legal or regulatory matters.<\/li>\n
  • Sensitivity labels<\/strong>: tags that classify data and can enforce encryption and access restrictions.<\/li>\n
  • Compliance Manager<\/strong>: a dashboard with controls, templates and a score to track your compliance posture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n
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