Protect and Govern Data with Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Purview is where data governance meets security. This course covers the full Purview platform — sensitivity labels, data loss prevention, retention policies, records management, insider risk, and the compliance portal. If your organization handles sensitive data in Microsoft 365, these are the controls that keep it classified, protected, and compliant.

You will start with information protection: creating sensitivity labels, configuring auto-labeling policies that classify documents based on content, and deploying label policies to users and groups. The DLP section covers policy creation across all Microsoft 365 workloads — Exchange, SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, and endpoint devices. Each policy includes practical examples of sensitive information types, custom classifiers, and policy tips that educate users at the point of action.

The compliance side covers retention policies for data lifecycle management, records management for regulatory obligations, and insider risk management for detecting data exfiltration patterns. Every module uses the Purview compliance portal with real configuration walkthroughs so you can implement these controls in your own environment.

Curriculum

Information Protection

• Sensitivity label creation and publishing
• Auto-labeling policies for documents and emails
• Label encryption and content marking
• Label analytics and adoption tracking

Data Loss Prevention

• DLP policy architecture and components
• Sensitive information types and trainable classifiers
• DLP rules for Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and endpoints
• Policy tips, incident reports, and alert management

Data Lifecycle Management

• Retention policies and retention labels
• Records management and regulatory records
• Disposition reviews and audit trails
• Adaptive scopes and policy targeting

Compliance and Risk Management

• Insider risk management policies
• Communication compliance
• Compliance Manager and improvement actions
• eDiscovery and audit log capabilities

Who Is This For

This course is for compliance administrators, security engineers, and Microsoft 365 administrators who manage data protection and governance. If your organization needs to classify sensitive data, prevent unauthorized sharing, or meet regulatory retention requirements, this course teaches you to configure those controls in Microsoft Purview. Experience with Microsoft 365 administration is recommended.