Microsoft Purview | Share block at external users
Hello community. I have an issue with Microsoft Purview DLP policies. I am trying to create a policy that prevents documents from being shared through OneDrive with external users, while allowing certain exceptions. However, when I select the option "Block Access to external domains and users" and assign a specific email address to be blocked, it does not work. The configured email address is not being blocked. I was reviewing this with Copilot, and it mentioned that if the external user you are sharing with already exists in Entra ID, the tenant may treat the user differently (not necessarily as an external user). My external user exists in Entra ID as a Guest account. The external user is registered as follows: Displayname: User Name Userprincipalname: user.name_external.domain#EXT#@company.onmicrosoft.com User Type: Guest Has anyone else experienced this issue? I am sharing evidence of the policy configuration.
[HELP] "Action required for browser protections" alert
Hello! I have an Endpoint DLP policy with Device location. After several scoping changes (device groups, inclusions/exclusions) to narrow it to a specific target group, the orange alert appeared: Action required for browser protections. One or more policies were not applied in Edge for Business. This could be due to a policy sync issue, lack of required permissions, or an issue with the server. Either resync these policies or contact an admin with the required permissions to resync. After resyncing, you might still see this message for up to 1 day while the system completes the sync and activates protections. The policies were working before. Clicked Resync multiple times, only for the error to return. Please help!
Purview SDK
I've been spending quite a bit of time working with Purview APIs, The APIs themselves are fine, but after a while I realized I was writing the same authentication, pagination and relationship handling code over and over again. So instead of construction the same code from project to project, I turned it into a python package, and now it's available on PyPI pip install purview-unified-sdk Right now, the SDK supports most of the common operations, such as creating, retrieving, updating and deleting business domains, data products, glossary terms, objectives, key results and etc., It also make it much easier to work with relationships, add group id as a owner, navigate resources and retrieve metadata across the unified catalog. https://niki9001.github.io/purview-unified-sdk/ https://github.com/purview-unified-sdk Feel free to fork the project, submit a pull request or open an issue if you have ideas or suggestions
Data Product Lineage not automatic
Hi all i am new in Purview and I am trying to create a lineage with a Report--> Dataset--> Tables in Data Products however after adding report only dataset is shown, how can I view all tables of this dataset. Only when I press open in fabric the Dataset the table list appears, how can I give permissionsMicrosoft Purview Referential Architecture Diagrams
Microsoft Purview architecture diagrams provide a reference view of how classification, sensitivity labelling, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Insider Risk Management, and Microsoft 365 Copilot protections work together across Microsoft 365 workloads. They illustrate how organisations can consistently identify, label, and protect sensitive data across endpoints, email, collaboration services, browsers, and AI‑assisted workflows—without prescribing a single deployment model. Classification generates sensitivity signals, labels express organizational protection intent, and DLP enforces that intent in real time across devices, apps, and services. Together, these patterns show how Copilot inherits existing security controls so AI‑generated content remains governed within the same compliance boundaries as organizational data.
Missing activity names from Audit Log documentation
We all know that the documentation team is A-tier and amazing at what they do and isn't just copy and pasting marketing materials. But I've noticed that some really obscure functionalities like 'user registered a device' or 'user joined a device' or about half the other things a user can do, are not documented on this list of activity names. The ironically named 'friendly' list doesn't work. So I actually can't audit the unfamiliar devices under our tenants? It appears that this KB is actually locked down, so more can't be added when they are discovered. How are we supposed to use the tool Microsoft has forced everyone towards, when the Documentation team is too bad to document anything, so they outsource it to the community (Microsoft victims), but then they lock down contributions (presumably, because they have some metric that keeps them from being useful - atleast based on my interactions with them). Documentation seems to be a massive fail on Microsoft's part. How did it get this way? Is there a reliable way of finding the activity name - one that ISN'T some preview Graph endpoint that I can't teach my techs to use, because I'm not teaching my techs to program?
Struggling with running DQ Scans (Long queuing and Retry Count Error Issues)
Hi everyone, I have been exploring Microsoft Purview Data Quality quite extensively. At this point, I have configured more than 4,000 data quality rules across more than 10 Microsoft Fabric capacities, each with a minimum capacity of F16. Fabric is the source for all assets registered in Purview. I have identified several issues with the product, but the two that are currently impacting me the most are the following: DQ scans failing with a generic error“Max Retry Count Reached. Ending Workflow. Current Task HandleError”The challenge is that the error message does not identify which rule is causing the failure. As a result, I have to troubleshoot manually by disabling groups of rules, rerunning the scans, and repeating the process until I find the problematic rule. This trial-and-error approach is very time-consuming, especially at this scale. This seems to be caused by issues in some of the DQ rules, even though all rules are marked as “Good to go” in Purview. When running Data Quality scans, I often receive the following error: DQ scans remain queued for a long timeI am not sure why this happens or what resource, orchestration, or scheduling constraint is causing the delay. Whenever I run these DQ scans, they remain in a Queued state for at least 10 minutes, even when there is nothing running on the Fabric capacities. Has anyone experienced similar behavior with Purview Data Quality at this scale? Specifically, I would appreciate any guidance on: How to identify which DQ rule is causing a scan failure Why scans remain queued even when Fabric capacity appears to be idle Whether there are known limitations or best practices for running thousands of DQ rules in Purview Thank you.
Two sensitivity labels on PDF file
Hi everyone, First time poster here. We encountered an interesting issue yesterday where we had a user come to us with a PDF that had two sensitivity labels attached. In Purview activity explorer, we can see the file hit the DLP policy and the two labels, but when trying to replicate the issue cannot do it, or see how this has been done. Has anyone else encountered a similar issue? We were able to remove labels in our PDF editor but in Office suite once a label is applied, I could not see a way to remove it. We tried applying a label to a Doc file, converting to PDF and then seeing if it was there where it was being asked for another label but it was not, it just let us change the original. Many thanks in advance!
Onboarding Devices to Purview
I am not clear on how can I onboard devices to MDE so that I can enforce EDLP policies. We have CrowdStrike as Primary AV and other policies. Devices are managed through Intune for Bitlocker encryption and all the other settings except they don't have Defender. These devices are not showing up in Purview nor under "Endpoint detection and response" location under Endpoint Security. If we create an EDR onboarding policy and deploy to devices, then it shows the devices and says that AMRUnningMode is Passive, but Antivirus is true. Which I feel like Defender is taking over CrowdStrike? or am I wrong. My goal is to make sure CrowdStrike still primary AV and devices should be onboarded to MDE and then to Purview so that we can scope EDLP policies properly. Can anyone help me to understand or provide right steps?
