Microsoft Purview is a Trap: The Hard Truth About Data Governance - M365.FM

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Microsoft Purview is included with many Microsoft 365 subscriptions, making it incredibly easy to enable. That convenience is also its biggest danger. Because there is no procurement process or large implementation project, many organizations activate Purview without defining clear business goals, ownership, or governance. The result is often a catalog filled with thousands of scanned assets, confusing permissions, and business users who abandon the platform after their first experience. This episode explains why Purview itself is not the problem - the real challenge is how organizations approach data governance. Governance must begin with business objectives, ownership, and change management before any scans are executed or collections are created. STOP BUILDING A CATALOG - START SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS One of the biggest mistakes organizations make is attempting to catalog their entire data estate from day one.