Microsoft Purview Information Protection | Microsoft Security

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Understand what data is sensitive and business-critical—then manage and protect it across your environment.

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Protect data wherever it lives

  • Experience built-in labeling and information protection in Microsoft 365 apps and services.

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  • Get accurate classification with AI-powered classifiers, exact data match, and other capabilities.

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  • Configure and manage policies and view analytics across on-premises file shares, Microsoft 365 apps and services, and desktop and mobile devices—all in one place.

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  • Extend a consistent protection experience to popular non-Microsoft apps and services with an SDK.

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Information Protection features

Enable discovery and protection of sensitive data across your digital estate, including Microsoft 365 and Azure clouds; on-premises, hybrid, and third-party clouds; and SaaS apps.

Scan across data at rest and in use to classify it across on-premises file shares, SharePoint, OneDrive, Exchange, Microsoft Teams, endpoints, and non-Microsoft cloud apps.

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Protecting sensitive data in the age of AI

$4.45 million is the global average cost of a data breach in 20231

137 countries have legislation to protect data2

6% of employees have pasted sensitive data into generative AI tools3

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Protect your business with comprehensive data security and compliance solutions

Microsoft Purview Suite

user/month, paid yearly

(annual commitment)

Information Protection is a part of the Microsoft Purview Suite

Customers currently licensed with Enterprise Mobility Security and Office E3, Microsoft 365 E3, or a version of these suites that does not include Microsoft Teams, are eligible to purchase or try Microsoft Purview Suite. You must be a global, compliance, or billing admin to initiate this trial. If you don’t have the prerequisite product or role, contact Sales.

Our products work better together

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Microsoft 365 Copilot

Use classifiers and sensitivity labels to help protect sensitive data used by Copilot.

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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

Use DLP policies with classifiers and sensitivity labels to block sensitive data exfiltration and oversharing.

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Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

Assess user risk levels based on their actions with files labeled as sensitive.

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Explore data security resources and trends

Gain insights into the latest data security advancements, including expert guidance, best practices, trends, and solutions.

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What customers are saying

Learn more about Information Protection

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Help protect your digital estate

Get built-in labels and protection for Microsoft 365 apps, Teams, Fabric, Copilot, and other services.

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    IBM, Cost of a Data Breach Report 2023.

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    UNCTAD, Data Protection and Privacy Legislation Worldwide.

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    LayerX, Revealing GenAI’s True Data Exposure Risk, Research Report June 2023.