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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Purview

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is Microsoft Purview?

You can’t innovate without knowing where your data is. Get visibility, manage data securely, and go beyond compliance with Microsoft Purview. Safeguard all your data across platforms, apps, and clouds with comprehensive solutions for information protection, data governance, risk management, and compliance.

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Microsoft Purview Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 5
Since last award

91 Plan to Renew

Up 3
Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 6
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 86%
Negotiation and Contract:: 87%
Conflict Resolution:: 95%
Strategy & Innovation:: 98%
Service Experience:: 91%

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Microsoft Purview?

0% Negative

4% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Respectful
Client Friendly Policies
Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Data Discovery (DLP)

Activity Monitoring Alerts

Forensic Analysis Support

Email and IM Support

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies

Encryption and Decryption Support

Endpoint Support

Environment Support

Multiple Enforcement Actions

Centralized Reporting Engine

Real Time Scanning

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support

Microsoft Purview Reviews

Birley B.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Media
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2025

Comprehensive Data Governance with Purview.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Purview from other similar products?

In the area of data governance, Microsoft Purview is well-known for its complete integration with other Microsoft services, including Azure and Microsoft 365. This makes it easier for organizations to control their data assets and keep up consistent safety standards across all platforms.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I really appreciate Microsoft Purview's data cataloguing feature, since it makes it easy for organizations to find and oversee their data assets. This technology makes it easier for teams to see their data and work together, and also speeds up how users get and use the information they need for decision making.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One major disadvantage of Microsoft Purview is that it is quite complex, and this may confuse people not used to working with data governance tools. A difficult learning process can make Purview a tough sell, especially to non-technical employees, possibly affecting how well it works in the organization.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For individuals evaluating Microsoft Purview, I think it is important to take the time to analyze your organization unique data governance requirements. When you know your requirements, you can better use the product’s features and get more value for your organization.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Role: C-Level
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

Powerful Data Governance with Room to Grow Beyond

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jeet P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2024

Easy to use, kind of costly but worth it.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Microsoft Purview from other similar products?

The functionality and the ease of access to various features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

IT supports

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost factor

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Use it for the features if pricing isn’t the issue

Pros

Respectful
Client Friendly Policies
Altruistic
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Less Reliable
Less Performance Enhancing
Less Productive

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Awards & Recognition

Microsoft Purview Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

Up 5 Since last award

91 Plan to Renew

Up 3 Since last award

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 6 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Microsoft Purview?

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Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Data Discovery (DLP) Structured (content registration or data fingerprinting) and unstructured (keywords, lexicons, metadata tags, statistical analysis, etc.) data identification.

Activity Monitoring Alerts User access patterns can be monitored with rule-based alerts for sensitive data access requests.

Forensic Analysis Support Query capabilities with pre-built and custom drill down, pivot, and parsing; includes export functions and event session reconstruction.

Email and IM Support The solution scans inbound and outbound messages for security violations.

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies Centralized reporting engine with out-of-the-box policy support and custom policy creation with bi-directional workflow integration.

Encryption and Decryption Support Support for real-time decryption and re-encryption of information.

Endpoint Support Multiple operating system and device type support with offline protection, removable media, print screen, and copy and paste support.

Environment Support Breadth of protocol support, cloud protection, peer to peer, Web 2.0, and virtualization environment support.

Multiple Enforcement Actions The solution provides options for violations such as block, move, quarantine, and delete.

Centralized Reporting Engine The solution provides a central reporting engine for policy creation and management with canned reports and RBAC.

Real Time Scanning The solution scans content and context of files in real-time, 24/7.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Microsoft Purview Reviews

Birley B.

Comprehensive Data Governance with Purview.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Powerful Data Governance with Room to Grow Beyond

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jeet P.

Easy to use, kind of costly but worth it.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Data Discovery (DLP)

Activity Monitoring Alerts

Forensic Analysis Support

Email and IM Support

Customizable and Pre Canned Policies

Encryption and Decryption Support

Endpoint Support

Environment Support

Multiple Enforcement Actions

Centralized Reporting Engine

Real Time Scanning

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Vendor Support