I work with some Microsoft Purview Audit aspects such as eDiscovery, for example, and PIM, which is Privileged Access Management. I use Microsoft Purview Audit for log management, and I use Purview Audit Log Search in almost all cases regarding security incidents. I do a little insider risk management and a little data protection. Data retention is an important feature that I see benefits from. Especially when we talk about important cases for organizations of strategic importance, retention is very important. During the last four years, some organizations have lost their on-premises infrastructure and are going to Microsoft 365 cloud. When Microsoft scrapped their free licenses for Ukraine in 2024, it was a tragedy for some of these important organizations because they are mainly government or some near-government organizations with a limited budget. At the same time, they have to keep their data protected. For these organizations, it is very important to keep data retention. According to some legal requirements, they have to keep data for a few years. That is another problem because they do not have money to buy licenses to keep data for example during ten years and even longer. However, it is still important for them.
