Howe do you change Microsoft Purview Regions without losing data?
We have created DLP, Information Protection and IRM policies in Region West of Purview. When it should have been in the East Region. Are we able to change the region without losing all the data? Our origination is expanding Purview to utilize the data…
Purview aggregateURL property sometimes missing for assets
After a full scan of folders and files in an ADLS file share, we've noticed Purview's aggregateURL property is missing for some files and folder names. The assets have their qualifiedName and other properties present which is great, but we really need to…
Purview data quality profiling - how to give access to SQL db?
In Purview I've added an Azure SQL database as a data source. And I've done a scan of the database and I have tables now as assets. Now I want to start doing data quality checks on these assets. So I've created a governance domain and a data product in…
Required lisence for Activity Explorer on Purview Portal
Could you please let me know which lisence is needed for Activity Explorer. I would like to check when and who labeled which file, and also export them as a CSV file. It seems possible on Activity Explorer on Purview Portal, then I wonder which lisence…
Auto-apply retention policy with conditions with PowerShell script
I am migrating some retention policies to Purview to apply to SharePoint. I have 200+ different policies with 200+ different conditions. I don't want to set up the conditions and settings for each policy in the Purview portal one by one. Is there any…
DLP rules for External File Share notification
I have configured a DLP rule to identify external file sharing from OneDrive and SharePoint. It is generating many emails, which is fine, but it does not show details like the domain or email ID where the file was shared in the file activity section. Is…
Azure Python SDK: Purview: how to find an asset of a given typeName
I am new to Purview. I have performed a scan of my data sources and I am trying to find all assets of type azure_sql_column. If I search for a specific guid, I can find my asset/entity: result =…
What REGEX can I use to detect a UPN being sent in Email/Shared Document in Onedrive/Sharepoint
In Microsoft Purview Information Protection I need to create a REGEX for a sensitive info type that will detect if a UPN is being sent in email or shared with external users in a document. I created a primary element with following for single level (Eg -…
Auto Labelling Not Working in OWA
I have created two labels Public as Default and Sensitive as another with Auto labelling set up inside the sensitive label (No separate auto label is created) Now the labels are working properly in outlook client but in OWA (outlook web version) it's not…
I have a paid for E3 developer license, but I need an E5 developer account how can I get one set up?
I have had an E3 developer account for several years now, I pay around 8 dollars per month. I now need an E5 account to get hands on experience for some exam certifications. when I try to sign up I get an error it seems because my Phone number is already…
Purview DLP policy for copilot 365 location - not able to add rule condition
After choosing Copilot 365 location, I am not able to choose anything when clicking Add under rule condition. Nothing happens when clicking Add. Am I doing anything wrong?
Microsoft Purview Get Entities By Unique Attributes does not return any entities
I use the API Get Entities By Unique Attributes but unfortunately, it always returns an empty result. Let me show an example. First, let's get an entity by its guid (e.g.…

Problem scanning Data Sources in Purview
Hi! We are currently trying to set up purview for our organization. And whenever we are trying to scan a data source we get an ambigious "internal server error". Note that when we try to "test connection", there is no problem. This…
How to operationaize DLP Alert system
we are in process of operationalizing DLP Alerts, triage and manage huge volume of alerts we are getting, we need to automate the process and need to know the solutions available on Purview to accommodate our requirement. Is there any automated process…
The Contextual Summary in the DLP Alert is not supported for a certain Sensitive Info Type
In the DLP (Data Loss Prevention) alerts page, we are getting the following error message when we try to view detected sensitive info type in an email. This section used to show the detected sensitive info type, the actual data and the location. Has…
I am encountering an issue with the Microsoft Purview API, which extracts schema classification from Purview. Previously, using the same API, I was able to retrieve the data, but now the response code is 200, and the response is null value.
API : "https://{purviewaccountName}.purview.azure.com/catalog/api/atlas/v2/search/advanced?api-version={apiVersion}" apiVersion : "2021-05-01-preview" I used the above API for extracting schema classification from a Purview…

Purview login problem
Cannot login to Purview - asking for Account Name but error message "Failed to list accounts: Purview first party app service principal not present in the tenant."

Limited eDiscovery Manager Role Group
I’m setting up an external eDiscovery vendor with access to the Purview Compliance Center and need to create a restricted role group for the user. This role group should grant them access exclusively to a specific Purview Premium case that I've…
How to fix error trying to set up data profiling in Purview :"Unable to submit job to PFS with exception: The given key 'northcentralus' was not present in the dictionary.
Our Purview is in South Central US, our ADLS-gen2 account is in North Central US. We have set up a connection from Purview to ADLS Gen2 - when we run profile on a parquet file, the job is accepted, but eventually fails with the message: "Unable to…
StaticCache.dat and USB transfers - Purview DLP policies
I have a Purview DLP policy set to audit files copied to a USB drive for a select group of users. When the end user initiates the transfer process, all of the files are audited and logged, but I also see an entry for StaticCache.dat. The StaticCache.dat…