Microsoft Purview
The latest Microsoft Purview coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
U.S. Government Clouds to Get Purview's AI Agent Watchdog in October 2026
Microsoft is planning to arm U.S. government cloud tenants with long-awaited tools to monitor AI agents for risky behavior, according to a roadmap entry published July 13. The company aims to bring...
Microsoft Purview Now Monitors AI Agent Risks, But a Preview Label Confuses Rollout
On July 13, 2026, Microsoft updated its 365 roadmap to declare general availability for a long-awaited security feature: Insider Risk Management in Microsoft Purview now monitors AI agents. The...
Microsoft Purview Now Alerts Investigators When AI Analysis Finishes and New Evidence Drops
Microsoft has flipped the switch on two long-awaited workflow improvements for Purview Data Security Investigations, eliminating a tedious ritual for security teams: manually polling cases to see if...
Exchange Online DLP to Get Granular Failure Handling: Preview Starts This Month
Microsoft is gearing up to release a long-awaited refinement to its Data Loss Prevention (DLP) engine in Exchange Online: the ability to craft distinct policies for different types of content-scan...
Microsoft Purview eDiscovery Gains Full-Text Indexing for Loop and Copilot Pages
Microsoft has quietly rolled out a significant eDiscovery enhancement: full-text indexing of Loop components and Copilot Pages within Purview review sets, along with HTML export support. The update,...
Microsoft Purview to Get AI-Powered Policy Tuning in August 2026
Microsoft will open a public preview of an AI-driven Data Loss Prevention Policy Optimizer for its Purview compliance portal in August 2026, with general availability expected the following month....
You’ll Soon Be Able to Mark Up Protected PDFs in OneDrive for iOS and Android
Microsoft is closing a stubborn mobile productivity gap. In August 2026, the OneDrive apps for iOS and Android will let authorized users annotate PDF files that carry Microsoft Purview sensitivity...
Microsoft Purview 558681 Pours DLP Context Into Graph API Alerts
Microsoft is rolling out a change that security teams have been awaiting for years: DLP rule-match details will now flow directly into Graph API security alerts. The update, tracked as Microsoft...
Microsoft Defender Will Surface Purview IRM Triage Summaries in August 2026 Preview
In August 2026, Microsoft will preview an integration that places Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management’s Data Security Triage Agent summaries directly inside the Microsoft Defender alert...
Microsoft Brings Copilot Prompt-Level DLP to Government Clouds, Plugging Data Leak Risks
Microsoft has begun rolling out prompt-level Data Loss Prevention (DLP) for Microsoft 365 Copilot to its government cloud environments, finally giving public sector organizations automated tools to...
Microsoft Purview Now Spots Risk in Encrypted Office Docs on Government Windows PCs
Government agencies and defense contractors running Microsoft 365 have a new tool to prevent data leaks from encrypted documents stored on Windows endpoints. Microsoft is rolling out Roadmap ID...
Microsoft Adds In-Alert File Previews to Purview Insider Risk Management, Speeding Up Investigations
Microsoft has started rolling out a long‑awaited capability to its Purview Insider Risk Management platform: the ability to preview files and content directly from inside an alert. The rollout,...