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In this lesson you’ll learn how Microsoft 365 discovers, classifies, protects, governs, and monitors sensitive information across its lifecycle using Microsoft Purview. Microsoft Purview is Microsoft’s unified data governance and compliance solution that helps organizations protect information wherever it lives — documents, email, collaboration tools, or AI-generated content. This module covers five core areas of data protection and governance in Microsoft 365:
  1. Microsoft Purview foundations — how Purview helps discover, classify, protect, and govern data across Microsoft 365 and other environments.
  2. Data risk identification and response — detecting and responding to accidental data loss, unauthorized sharing, and insider risks.
  3. Compliance, AI discovery, and eDiscovery — locating, investigating, and managing both traditional and AI-generated content.
  4. SharePoint access governance — preventing oversharing of sensitive information while enabling secure collaboration.
  5. Microsoft 365 Copilot data protection and governance — applying controls to safely adopt AI tools in your organization.
Tip: Microsoft Purview integrates classification, labeling, data loss prevention (DLP), information protection, and eDiscovery in a single compliance ecosystem — use it to build end-to-end policies that follow data through its entire lifecycle.

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What you will learn (summary)

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Why this module matters

  • Protects sensitive data across cloud and hybrid environments.
  • Helps meet regulatory, legal, and internal compliance requirements.
  • Enables secure collaboration without blocking business productivity.
  • Extends governance to AI-generated or AI-assisted content.

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Who should take this lesson

  • Security and compliance professionals implementing data governance.
  • IT admins managing Microsoft 365 tenant-level policies.
  • Privacy and legal teams involved in eDiscovery and records management.
  • Architects designing governed AI deployments.

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Next step

Let’s begin with the first topic: an introduction to Microsoft Purview.

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