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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention pros and cons

Vendor: Microsoft
4.0 out of 5
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PROS

Auto-labeling is the most valuable feature, managing documents in various repositories including Outlook, Exchange, SharePoint, and OneDrive.
The integration process is simplified with Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention because it is part of the Microsoft ecosystem, benefiting users of Azure and other Microsoft products.
Legal hold capabilities within the compliance portal are useful for managing data during litigation and for access to mailboxes and SharePoint sites.
The solution provides a mature O365 DLP that effectively works with SharePoint and Teams, identifying and protecting sensitive data with features such as IDM, EDM, and DCM.
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention significantly impacts productivity by preventing unauthorized sharing of sensitive information and supporting insider risk management and data retention.

CONS

Technical support is often described as poor and lacking effectiveness.
Significant ambiguity exists in setting up labels, requiring more intuitive guidance.
The lack of Python libraries limits integration capabilities with modern technologies.
Endpoint functionality does not meet user expectations and requires improvement.
The licensing cost is considered high, impacting overall satisfaction.
 

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention Pros review quotes

JH
Sr. Lead Consultant at catapult
May 13, 2021
The auto-labeling feature is definitely the most valuable feature. It goes in and labels the documents for you in different repositories. It covers the Outlook and Exchange repositories along with SharePoint and OneDrive. It is really helpful in those areas.
Subbu Madhira - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at OmniNet Systems
Apr 11, 2022
There's a good amount of documentation in case you run into any problems.
Mohammed Irfan Gorur - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Cloud Solution Architect at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
Oct 9, 2022
It has helped our clients to reduce the time to action on insider threats because it can be integrated.
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reviewer2020164 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2022
Because everything is on Microsoft and we use Azure, integration with the product is easier. That's the most important thing when you use many Microsoft products. It's easier to integrate everything in one place.
LILIANE GUIDO - PeerSpot reviewer
President at RidixLab
May 19, 2023
The product is easy to configure.
AO
System Administrator at Templars
Jul 3, 2023
We can use Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention to manage devices and site policies.
Roby Skariah - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect : Corporate wide systems at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 11, 2023
One of the valuable features of Purview is the ability to create a legal hold on a user's account within the compliance portal. That's pretty useful when it comes to any litigation or if you want to redeem the content within a mailbox, OneDrive, or a generic public SharePoint site.
Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at UkrSibbank
Jul 26, 2023
I rate Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention's stability a ten out of ten.
reviewer2301525 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Nov 15, 2023
For Purview's natively integrated compliance across Azure, Dynamics 365, and Office 365, I would give it a 10 out of 10. It provides all the insights and information.
AE
Senior identity and Access Management Engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 27, 2023
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention's responses are faster. Its installation is also reliable. The security score helps with the security part.
 

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention Cons review quotes

JH
Sr. Lead Consultant at catapult
May 13, 2021
There is a lot of ambiguity when you are setting up labels, such as sensitive information labels. It is a little daunting at first if you don't have prior knowledge, and there is a little bit of a learning curve for setting up the labels. Some of the setup wizards could be more helpful from an AI perspective. They can streamline the setup through more AI technologies so that you don't have to jump through so many hoops and different menus and dropdowns. It would be useful to have a setup wizard that is more hands-off and engaging for setting up the information type labels. If you tell them this is what we're trying to protect, it should basically start to lead you down that path of best practices. Such a feature would be great.
Subbu Madhira - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO at OmniNet Systems
Apr 11, 2022
Technical support is awful.
Mohammed Irfan Gorur - PeerSpot reviewer
Lead Cloud Solution Architect at a energy/utilities company with 51-200 employees
Oct 9, 2022
I would like Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention to be on the source code or SQL databases. It is difficult to do classification and labeling when you have a third-party source code or a third-party Oracle database. It is seamless when it comes to Microsoft documents but is not so with third-party source codes. Microsoft needs to work on it a little bit more.
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reviewer2020164 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
Nov 11, 2022
There is no AIP for Linux systems. That's a setback. Another thing it's lacking is libraries to work with Python. It has libraries for C# and C++, for example, but not for Python and, these days, Python is very useful.
LILIANE GUIDO - PeerSpot reviewer
President at RidixLab
May 19, 2023
The solution should provide better integration with other systems.
AO
System Administrator at Templars
Jul 3, 2023
The platform can be challenging to navigate and has the potential for improvement.
Roby Skariah - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Architect : Corporate wide systems at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees
Jul 11, 2023
A site can have different containers where you store data. We have always wanted to apply compliance, labels, and policies at the container level, rather than to an outer shell or at the site level. That is something we have been looking forward to and I believe Microsoft is already planning something like that.
Anna Virtsan - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Project Manager at UkrSibbank
Jul 26, 2023
They do not provide language options beyond the ones already available, so our language option is missing.
reviewer2301525 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Manager at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
Nov 15, 2023
The scalability, in terms of the portal, could be more user-friendly. Sometimes I have faced difficulties in identifying the options.
AE
Senior identity and Access Management Engineer at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Nov 27, 2023
Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention's licensing is expensive.