Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management

Manage your information lifecycle and records intelligently.

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Govern your data

Meet your legal, business, privacy, and regulatory content obligations.

Built-in information governance

Seamlessly classify, retain, review, dispose, and manage content in Microsoft 365.

Intelligent capabilities

Use intelligent machine learning capabilities to classify content and automatically apply appropriate policies.

Defensible policies

Get disposition reviews, proof of disposal, and documented audit trails with information governance.

Key features of Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management

The create retention label screen in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Data retention and deletion

Manage risk and liability by keeping only what you need and deleting what you don’t need across your entire digital estate.

Records management in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Records management

Manage high-value records while meeting the legal and regulatory requirements.

Creation of an auto-labeling policy in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Automated policies

Classify and govern data at scale based on file properties, the presence of sensitive data, or machine learning.

Pending dispositions in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Proof of compliance

Demonstrate compliance with label analytics insights, defensible disposal, and rich audit trails.

The create retention label screen in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Data retention and deletion

Manage risk and liability by keeping only what you need and deleting what you don’t need across your entire digital estate.

Records management in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Records management

Manage high-value records while meeting the legal and regulatory requirements.

Creation of an auto-labeling policy in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Automated policies

Classify and govern data at scale based on file properties, the presence of sensitive data, or machine learning.

Pending dispositions in Microsoft 365 compliance.

Proof of compliance

Demonstrate compliance with label analytics insights, defensible disposal, and rich audit trails.

What customers are saying

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FSA helps keep UK food supply safe with Microsoft Purview Records Management

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) fulfills the vital role of overseeing food safety in England, Northern Ireland, and Wales. Its onsite inspections and scientific tools needed backup—excellent records management to boost collaboration and security.

Microsoft is an industry leader

See why industry analysts and other security experts have recognized Microsoft as a leader.

Additional resources

The future of data governance

Read the announcement of Microsoft Purview, new product capabilities, and how today’s work environment is shaping the data landscape.

Records management webinar

Manage legal obligations, demonstrate compliance with regulations, and increase efficiency of disposition.

Data Lifecycle Management blog

Learn about adaptive policy scopes for records management and new ways to deploy retention policies and labels dynamically.

Get started with Microsoft Security

Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management manages the lifecycle of information, located in Microsoft 365 and content imported using non-Microsoft data connectors. Microsoft Purview Information Governance runs on an intelligent platform.