Microsoft Purview
The latest Microsoft Purview coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
Microsoft Purview’s AI Agent Now Delivers Investigative Narratives, Not Just Isolated Alerts
Microsoft has begun rolling out a significant upgrade to its Purview Insider Risk Management service, empowering the built-in Data Security Triage Agent to generate plain-language summaries of...
Microsoft Purview’s File Archiving Feature Arrives September 2026—Here’s What to Expect
Microsoft is preparing to give organizations a new way to handle the growing pile of old documents in OneDrive and SharePoint: a built-in, policy-driven archive button. The company has updated its...
Rudy Mitra Leaves Microsoft to Lead AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty as Amazon Monitors Azure
AWS announced on July 20, 2026, that Rudra Mitra—the Microsoft veteran who built and led its Purview data security, governance, and compliance business—has joined as vice president of security...
Microsoft Purview’s File Quarantine Is Now GA: How to Use It Without Breaking Your Workflows
Microsoft has quietly armed security teams with one of the most aggressive data loss prevention controls yet for cloud collaboration. In mid-July 2026, the file quarantine feature in Microsoft...
Microsoft 365 Business Premium Mailboxes Get 100 GB: Why You Still Need Plan 2 for Some Users
On July 10, 2026, Microsoft began upgrading eligible Business Premium mailboxes to 100 GB, erasing a long-standing differentiator between the small-business plan and enterprise E3/E5 licenses. The...
Teams Copilot Will Analyze Your Screen During Meetings — Here’s How IT Can Prepare Now
Microsoft has confirmed that Copilot in Teams will soon be able to understand and answer questions about whatever you share on your screen during meetings, with a rollout currently scheduled for...
Purview PDF Screenshot Blocking Arrives in Edge: August 2026 Rollout and What to Do Now
Starting in early August 2026, Microsoft Edge will block screenshots of certain protected PDFs when users view them through the OneDrive or SharePoint web viewer. The change ties directly to existing...
Microsoft Pushes Content-Aware Network DLP Integration to September 2026—Here’s How to Prep
Microsoft has delayed the general availability of its network-layer data loss prevention feature that integrates Microsoft Purview with Entra Global Secure Access. The capability, which inspects file...
Copilot Won't Touch Your Sensitivity-Labeled Files, No Matter Where You Open Them
Microsoft has quietly closed a critical gap in its Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules, making it so that sensitivity labels can block Copilot from processing Office files regardless of where...
Microsoft Plans Fivefold Purview Auto-Labeling Increase for SharePoint, OneDrive
Microsoft is preparing a substantial upgrade to its Purview Information Protection service, with a new Microsoft 365 Roadmap entry revealing plans to boost the daily auto-labeling limit for files...
Your Government Cloud DLP Alerts Are Getting a Power Automate Upgrade in 2026
Microsoft has set a September 2026 target for bringing automated workflow responses to Data Loss Prevention (DLP) incidents in its most locked-down cloud environments. Government Community Cloud...
Microsoft Purview's New Simulation Mode Aims to End Noisy Data Classification
Microsoft is preparing a tool that lets compliance administrators test custom data classifiers against real production content before those classifiers ever influence a live policy. The capability,...