Microsoft Purview
The latest Microsoft Purview coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Faster Data Breach Investigations: Microsoft Purview DSI's AI Analysis Tiers Arrive in March
Microsoft is bringing artificial intelligence to bear on data security investigations. Starting next month, Microsoft Purview Data Security Investigations (DSI) will receive AI-driven analysis...
Microsoft to Scrap 1.5TB Limit on Auto-Expanding Archives for E5 Subscribers by July 2026
Microsoft has confirmed plans to finally eliminate the long-standing 1.5TB storage ceiling on auto-expanding archives for Exchange Online, targeting a July 2026 release for eligible Microsoft 365 E5...
Microsoft Purview DLP to Halt Copilot Web Searches for Sensitive Prompts in July 2026
Microsoft will begin blocking Microsoft 365 Copilot from using web search when a user’s prompt contains sensitive data, adding a new layer of data loss prevention (DLP) control expected to reach...
Purview Endpoint DLP Expands to Detect Sensitivity Labels Hidden in ZIP Archives, Rollout Set for August 2026
Microsoft has quietly updated its Microsoft 365 roadmap with a feature that could fundamentally alter how organizations protect sensitive data on Windows endpoints. Item 566617, added on June 25,...
Azure AI Search to Tighten Data Security by Enforcing Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels
Microsoft is preparing a significant security upgrade for Azure AI Search that will automatically ingest and enforce Microsoft Purview sensitivity labels on indexed content. The change, revealed in a...
Microsoft Purview to Automatically Delete Departing Employees’ OneDrive and Mailbox Data
Microsoft will give organizations an automated way to wipe the OneDrive and Exchange Online data of departed employees, eliminating a time-consuming manual chore that has long plagued IT and...
New Purview Copilot Prompts Turn AI Into a Repeatable Data-Security Playbook
Microsoft has quietly launched a Copilot Prompt Gallery inside the Microsoft Purview compliance portal, giving security teams a curated set of natural-language investigations they can run against...
Microsoft Purview Will Let You Set Retention Periods on Communication Compliance—But Not Until 2027
Microsoft has confirmed plans to add retention-period controls to Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance policies, allowing organizations to define how long investigation copies of monitored...
Purview DLP Triage Agent: AI Reasoning Traces and Confidence Scores Arriving in August 2026 Preview
The Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Triage Agent will soon gain two critical features designed to peel back the layers of its AI-driven decision-making: reasoning traces and confidence...
Microsoft to Lock Down Copilot’s External Email Access with Purview DLP in June 2026 Preview
Microsoft plans to tighten data governance for its AI assistant by introducing a new Purview DLP control that explicitly prevents Microsoft 365 Copilot from processing emails originating outside the...
Adaptive Policy Scopes in Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance Reach General Availability
Microsoft officially launched adaptive policy scopes for Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance on June 23, 2026, bringing dynamic, attribute-based policy targeting to organizations worldwide....
Microsoft Scraps Purview Policy Insights Dashboard for GCC, GCC High, and DoD
Microsoft has quietly pulled the plug on a planned Policy Insights dashboard for its Purview Communication Compliance service, telling government cloud customers they will no longer receive the...