Microsoft Purview is an extensive set of solutions that can help organizations secure and govern their data, wherever it lives. The unification of data security and governance capabilities in Microsoft Purview reflects our belief that our customers need a simpler approach to data.

Microsoft Purview Data Security helps customers dynamically secure their data across its lifecycle by combining data context with user context.

The data security capabilities, including Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Insider Risk Management are already loved and leveraged by customers around the world for their Microsoft 365 data, and we announced back in November 2023 that we were extending those capabilities to non-Microsoft 365 data sources like cloud storage apps (Box, Dropbox, Google Drive), cloud services (AWS, Azure), and Microsoft Fabric (Power BI). This month at the Fabric Conference, we announced additional capabilities for Microsoft Fabric customers, enhancing the Microsoft Purview Data Security capabilities already available for Fabric released in March 2024.

As we continue to invest in securing your non-Microsoft 365 data, we are excited to announce that our data security capabilities will transition from a free to a paid public preview. This new pricing model will take effect starting November 1, 2024.

Pricing Explained

There are two pricing components to support your data security needs: 1) Information Protection with an asset-based meter and 2) Insider Risk Management with a processing unit meter. Together these are used as complementary levers to run your practice and manage your costs.

Microsoft Purview Information Protection is billed based on the number of assets protected such as documents, emails, or other data files. Assets are identified and classified based on their sensitivity and the level of protection they require. This classification can be done manually by users or automatically using data classification tools within Microsoft Purview. Policies are then applied to these assets to control how they are handled, shared, and protected. These policies can enforce actions like encryption, access restrictions, and detecting violations. Billing is calculated based on the number of assets that are protected under these policies.

Feature

SKU

Price

Microsoft Purview Information Protection

Standard

 $0.0165 per asset per day or
~ $0.50 per asset per month.

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is billed based on the data security processing unit (DSPU). Insider Risk Management processes activities corresponding to the indicators selected in the policies to generate insights, alerts, and cases. Billing is calculated based on the number of processing units required for the indicators selected in policies. A DSPU is defined as the compute required to process 10,000 user activity logs.

Feature

SKU

Price

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management

Standard

$25 per data security processing unit

Pricing Model Timeline
This new pricing model takes effect on November 1, 2024, for all customers using the Data Security solution, which will be accessible from their Azure invoice starting December 1, 2024. On November 1, 2024, customers will find updates to the Microsoft Purview pricing page that reflect the details of this blog, until then, please reference pricing details here and learn more about pay-as-you-go on Microsoft Learn.

Note: Microsoft reserves the right to change the pricing, business model, or service (including but not limited to branding, features, functionality, and availability) at any time in its discretion prior to GA without prior notice.

Try the new solution today!
Log on to the Microsoft Purview portal and give the Data Security capabilities a try. If you want to learn more, please access the following resources:
• Learn more on Microsoft Purview Data Security on Microsoft Learn

• Learn more about Microsoft Purview pricing pay-as-you-go details on Microsoft Learn
• Learn more about these capabilities in the Mechanics Video
• Visit the Microsoft Purview Data Security website

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