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Adding custom column in schema tab grid in MS Purview

Hi Team,  We are working on a Data Governance project using Microsoft Purview with Databricks Unity Catalog as the source. Writing to seek your guidance on a schema pane customization requirement. Scenario: We have scanned Databricks Unity Catalog in…

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asked 2026-03-12T18:27:23.9666667+00:00
SudhakarReddy Marepalli 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-12T18:27:42.98+00:00
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2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

DSPM for AI with Business Premium Add-On

I am trying to establish whether the Purview Suite add-on for M365 business premium include entitlements for DPSM for AI in Purview, specifically detecting interactions with 3rd party AI apps. This is traditionally this functionality was only available…

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asked 2026-03-09T10:25:05.7466667+00:00
Jim Treharne 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-12T10:20:11.62+00:00
Jim Treharne 20 Reputation points
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Pagination related quries for Purview API

Hello Team, I am trying to understand the pagination behavior mentioned in the Microsoft Purview API documentation. As per the documentation, the pagination keys skipToken and nextLink are expected to be present in the response when retrieving paginated…

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asked 2026-03-10T13:17:28.61+00:00
Balamurugan, Susinthika 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-12T02:57:55.9833333+00:00
Smaran Thoomu 33,920 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to create a EDiscoveryCase using graph api in Purview?

I have a M365 Developer account with E5 licenses, I created an app on my azure portal with the eDiscovery.ReadWrite.All permission, I gave the app consent for the M365 developer account. But I cant create cases, I am receving a generic error every time: …

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asked 2025-11-03T15:49:33.29+00:00
VILMAR PAVESI JUNIOR 20 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-11T14:25:49.6366667+00:00
VILMAR PAVESI JUNIOR 20 Reputation points
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Purview Exchange Mailbox (at-rest) Data Discovery and Classification

Hello, I understand that currently Purview Information Protection (auto-labeling policies with SIT's as criteria) and Purview eDiscovery and Content Search may have limitations to scanning and classifying content in Exchange online emailboxes at-rest. …

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asked 2026-02-26T04:15:42.93+00:00
AzGeek 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-11T01:58:52.1033333+00:00
AzGeek 0 Reputation points
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Purview DSPM:AI Generating file copied to clipboard alerts issue

I'm having trouble with DSPM:AI DLP policy. I have created a policy and unchecked the Copy to Clipboard option. Now I'm getting multiple filecopiedtoclipboard email alerts not dealing with AI. Anyone know why I keep getting alerts for Copy to clipboard…

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asked 2026-03-06T19:29:13.7866667+00:00
Malik 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-10T06:46:29.4933333+00:00
Smaran Thoomu 33,920 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How do i mass delete data assets in Purview Data Governance

I scanned over 1 million data assets but accidentally did not choose the right scope. More specifically, i now have 2 collections with overlapping scans of the same Fabric workspaces and I am no longer sure if the collection is representative of the…

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asked 2025-10-08T18:33:09.13+00:00
Lin, Herbert 20 Reputation points
edited a comment 2026-03-09T10:01:36.4533333+00:00
Rik van de Beek 0 Reputation points
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How to eliminate generic SITs that are not in the policy but still show up in the activity report?

When I run a DSPM AI report I get a lot of false positives. It appears that it picks up the SIT's that I do not have in any policy. Example , Poland Passport, Philippines Passport...and many more. I'm only looking to include PII data that is US…

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asked 2026-03-04T18:58:49.9666667+00:00
Mark Sannuti (C-Admin) 280 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-09T09:11:37.1366667+00:00
Smaran Thoomu 33,920 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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Cannot download files

Hi, I cannot work out what is going on with the permissions needed to download a file in Purview. But then Microsoft never make anything easy. After finally working out how to prepare files for download - which took hours - I get blocked. Well guess…

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asked 2026-03-06T09:43:59.1433333+00:00
James Carter 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-06T23:15:25.79+00:00
James Carter 0 Reputation points
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Inquiry on Purview Lineage Limitations for Synapse Dedicated SQL and Private Endpoint SQL Server

Hi, I have a question regarding lineage support in Microsoft Purview for our current BI environment. Our BI reports are fed from both Synapse Analytics and an Azure SQL Database. We have identified two limitations in Purview: Purview does not currently…

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asked 2026-03-05T00:24:42.22+00:00
Pratik Pokharel 25 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-05T00:24:58.12+00:00
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2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Microsoft Purview - Data Profiling

Hi Team, I would like to setup some rules in Microsoft Purview, to scan my Azure SQL tables and give me a data score on my data quality like missing data, Nulls, Inconsistent data etc based on some custom rules. Does the new version of the Purview…

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asked 2026-02-12T13:04:48.3933333+00:00
Nalini Bhavaraju 190 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-04T18:19:09.65+00:00
Nalini Bhavaraju 190 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

DE-DUPLICATION IN PURVIEW

Before the new version, we had a de-duplication option, and emails were easy to pull. Now it has been a nightmare with the new system, and I have found no way to de-duplicate. I found that when Microsoft decided to do this new version, they didn't keep…

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asked 2026-03-04T14:21:06.6433333+00:00
Gigi 20 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-04T14:55:14.46+00:00
Gigi 20 Reputation points
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Sensitivity label

If I publish and applied a sensitivity label on a file. How can I remove this specific label from all the existing file which already applied by the label.

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asked 2026-03-04T02:59:44.51+00:00
Engineer 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-04T12:04:49.2366667+00:00
Marcin Policht 82,360 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
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Purview Information Protection On-Premise Scanning & DLP Alert Issue

When a Purview DLP alert is triggered by information types (SITs like SSN or CCN) in an on-premise file, if we click "Open alerts page", a Purview alerts page attempts to open, but it churns and never populates. If we click "See this alert…

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asked 2026-02-19T21:22:36.9733333+00:00
Callie Hagedorn 80 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-04T10:09:44.05+00:00
CORMAC KERINS 0 Reputation points
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Purview REST API: classification has instance count of 0 but I cannot delete it

In the UI, I'm trying to delete a classification that has no assets associated with it. But I cannot: What are these references if they're not assets using this particular classification? If I try to do this using Postman or the REST API, I get the…

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asked 2026-02-26T18:12:46.78+00:00
Francesco Castellani 80 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-03T21:23:02.73+00:00
Pilladi Padma Sai Manisha 5,240 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Purview Information Protection On-Premises Scanning & DLP Alert Issue

When a Purview DLP alert is triggered by sensitive information types (SITs like SSN or CCN) in an on-premise file, if we click "Open alerts page", a Purview alerts page attempts to open, but it churns and never populates. If we click "See…

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asked 2026-02-20T17:49:02.7933333+00:00
Callie Hagedorn 80 Reputation points
accepted 2026-03-02T20:28:53.3366667+00:00
Callie Hagedorn 80 Reputation points
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Purview REST API: can you create an azure sql column in a different collection than its parent table?

Hello, I am creating assets in Purview using the bulk create endpoint. However, I've noticed that some of the azure sql columns in my source data were assigned a collection that's different from the collection of their parent azure sql table. Because…

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asked 2026-02-26T09:39:16.71+00:00
Francesco Castellani 80 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-02T12:39:01.4666667+00:00
Manoj Kumar Boyini 9,410 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

【Purview】Asset update in big data volum

I currently have a scenario when using Purview. We expect to have around 20 million assets in a single Purview account in the future. We will update the data daily through a job, but right now I see that Purview does not seem to be able to detect which…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Purview
asked 2026-02-25T10:23:03.94+00:00
Mofei Zhuang 140 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
accepted 2026-03-02T11:05:38.81+00:00
Mofei Zhuang 140 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
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Expired retention label items not appearing in Disposition Review (short‑duration test labels)

Hi everyone, I’m testing Microsoft Purview Records Management in a non‑production environment and I’m running into an issue where items with expired retention labels are not appearing in the Disposition Review dashboard. Here’s the setup and what I’ve…

Microsoft Security | Microsoft Purview
asked 2026-02-18T03:29:54.9966667+00:00
Molly Brean 0 Reputation points
commented 2026-03-02T10:18:53.0466667+00:00
Pouya Koushandehfar 0 Reputation points MVP
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Clarification on Microsoft Purview Sensitivity Labels – Preventing Label Downgrade and File Forwarding in SharePoint/OneDrive

Hello Microsoft Support Team, Our organization is currently using Microsoft 365, and I would like to better understand Microsoft Purview Information Protection capabilities for enhanced data governance. I would like clarification on the following…

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asked 2026-03-01T13:14:48.6266667+00:00
Sylvia Guo 0 Reputation points
answered 2026-03-02T09:51:54.0833333+00:00
Smaran Thoomu 33,920 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator