M365 Changelog: Announcing Microsoft Purview: Your home for Microsoft 365 compliance solutions

Rabia Noureen

Apr 19, 2022

MC361277 – Microsoft 365 compliance solutions will be consolidated under the Microsoft Purview brand name. This change will bring together Microsoft 365 compliance solutions and Azure Purview into a single portfolio and will align the naming of various solutions for consistency with other offerings.

When this will happen:

The new naming will go into effect on April 19th.

How this will affect your organization:

Microsoft Purview will deliver comprehensive solutions to help govern, protect, and manage your data estate.

Starting today, April 19, 2022, you will see Microsoft Purview naming within the compliance center experience (now called Microsoft Purview compliance portal) and related solutions. Here’s an overview of naming updates in effect now:

Former name	New name
Azure Purview	Microsoft Purview
Azure Purview portal	Microsoft Purview governance portal
Microsoft 365 compliance	Microsoft Purview
Microsoft 365 compliance center	Microsoft Purview compliance portal
Advanced Audit in Microsoft 365	Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium)
Basic Audit in Microsoft 365	Microsoft Purview Audit (Standard)
Microsoft 365 Communication Compliance	Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance
Microsoft Compliance Manager	Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager
Microsoft Information Governance	Microsoft Purview Data Lifecycle Management
Office 365 Data Loss Prevention	Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention
Advanced eDiscovery in Microsoft 365	Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Premium)
Core eDiscovery in Microsoft 365	Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Standard)
Microsoft Information Protection	Microsoft Purview Information Protection
Microsoft 365 Insider Risk Management	Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management
Records Management in Microsoft 365	Microsoft Purview Records Management

Product SKU names (including Microsoft 365 E5/A5/G5 Compliance and the compliance component SKUs: Information Protection & Governance, Insider Risk Management, Discover & Respond) will not change at this time.

What you need to do to prepare:

No action is required for you to see this change, and no URLs are changing at this time. However, you may wish to update your documentation to reference the new naming. Note: Additional updates will continue to be made to product documentation and change communications as Microsoft rolls out this naming change broadly.

View the updated Microsoft Purview compliance portal experience here:

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