It is designed to seamlessly connect to various data sources, which is particularly beneficial for our customers who primarily use Microsoft technologies.
Director IT enterprise architecture at a tech vendor with 5,001-10,000 employees
Real User
Nov 28, 2023
It is pretty early, but the decision to go with this investment was largely driven by the simplification of our information security technology management stack. That is the primary objective. Once you simplify and you have a connected structure, it allows for faster adoption there. It also gives us additional capabilities as we go on using the technology that we are familiar with, and we do not have to depend on outside parties to come in and tell us how to do certain things.
Learn what your peers think about Microsoft Purview Data Governance. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2026.
SharePoint Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Oct 5, 2023
From my experience and customer feedback, one of the most valuable features of Microsoft Purview is ease of use, especially for content hosted within Microsoft 365 and Azure.
I also like that the pricing model for the solution is reasonable.
I like Purview's data discovery features. It automatically scans and identifies all the fields. In the last project, the customer required us to have some of the codes we specified in this, and we had to structure the codes in a specific way. We can define the structure.
Cloud Architect at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
Real User
Feb 6, 2023
It gives you the opportunity to know your data and apply policies around it. If those policies are flouted, you can always track what's happening. You have options such as alerting the person who is committing that action, or you can take automatic action by blocking, for example, an email that is been sent externally. It's very useful.
Enterprise Solution Architect at a government with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Oct 9, 2022
It's certainly easy to work with all Microsoft data sources like SQL Server, Synapse, and data lakes, but it also has great functionality working with Oracle. And of particular interest to us is the ability to pull data from Excel, CVS files, and other types of flat files.
Data Governance Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Sep 4, 2022
The cataloging tool is definitely the most valuable... It tells you about all the data you have in your tables, which helps people understand our data. We now know what data we have.
Senior Manager Data Supply Chain at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Aug 11, 2022
It is critical that Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments. That is the number one reason that people are adopting hybrid and best-of-the-breed approaches. Especially in banking, it is critical because people want to protect, govern, and secure their data. This is one of the first conversations that happens with security and the architecture group on the client side.
Microsoft Purview Data Governance provides comprehensive data cataloging, lineage, and classification across multi-cloud environments, integrating seamlessly with Azure to enhance data management and compliance with flexible APIs.Microsoft Purview Data Governance is designed to streamline data management processes through effective data cataloging, lineage tracking, and classification, all within multi-cloud environments. It supports seamless integration with Azure, enabling metadata...
It is designed to seamlessly connect to various data sources, which is particularly beneficial for our customers who primarily use Microsoft technologies.
The most valuable feature is the tracking activity and device onboarding.
Data segregation is the most valuable feature.
The time to onboard is pretty short.
It is pretty early, but the decision to go with this investment was largely driven by the simplification of our information security technology management stack. That is the primary objective. Once you simplify and you have a connected structure, it allows for faster adoption there. It also gives us additional capabilities as we go on using the technology that we are familiar with, and we do not have to depend on outside parties to come in and tell us how to do certain things.
We can prevent, block, or audit however we like.
Purview helped us automate and control our data without having to rely on people to manually tag documents with specific retention periods.
MIP also provides strong information rights management settings, such as the ability to specify who has access to content and at what time.
From my experience and customer feedback, one of the most valuable features of Microsoft Purview is ease of use, especially for content hosted within Microsoft 365 and Azure.
I also like that the pricing model for the solution is reasonable.
The documentation is very exhaustive. Anyone can go ahead and try different use cases.
I use the tool in projects as a medium to provide information as reports to the stakeholders.
I like Purview's data discovery features. It automatically scans and identifies all the fields. In the last project, the customer required us to have some of the codes we specified in this, and we had to structure the codes in a specific way. We can define the structure.
Microsoft Purview is extremely stable.
The availability of pre-designed policies tailored to specific geolocations and customer requirements is a valuable feature.
It gives you the opportunity to know your data and apply policies around it. If those policies are flouted, you can always track what's happening. You have options such as alerting the person who is committing that action, or you can take automatic action by blocking, for example, an email that is been sent externally. It's very useful.
The data classification part of the solution is excellent, especially as it gives us an insight into our sensitive data within Microsoft 365.
It's certainly easy to work with all Microsoft data sources like SQL Server, Synapse, and data lakes, but it also has great functionality working with Oracle. And of particular interest to us is the ability to pull data from Excel, CVS files, and other types of flat files.
The cataloging tool is definitely the most valuable... It tells you about all the data you have in your tables, which helps people understand our data. We now know what data we have.
It is critical that Purview delivers data protection across multi-cloud and multi-platform environments. That is the number one reason that people are adopting hybrid and best-of-the-breed approaches. Especially in banking, it is critical because people want to protect, govern, and secure their data. This is one of the first conversations that happens with security and the architecture group on the client side.
Has a good interface and is reasonably priced.