Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention

Integration with teams, etc, is a bonus.

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is well suited for every organization where data is their most important asset. There could a lot of data types like, HR data, Payroll data, Non-disclosure agreements, Contracts, Invoices, Financial data, User data, Client data, etc. And these data needs to be protected from being leaked or hacked or shared inappropriately to a wrong person. All these data comes under exteremely sesitive and confidential oriented data. You can create and configure policies to your Exchange, SharePoint and Teams so that none of the data is sent to a wrong person and the policy will filter out and send a notification the admin to block such wrong activities. This will also help and is most necesarry during ISO audits.

It provides a centralized view of the service facilities and view of data assets, making it more convenient for usage. Within the Organization, it improves data governance and security compliance by centralizing sensitive data, making it easier to manage. The free tier is available, but for a license, Its cost is determined by various factors like sources scanned, indexed data, and number of API requests.

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is ideal for a 365 E5 enterprise organization where Azure directory is your 'source of truth' for user management and security policies. It is suited for using OneDrive as personal file management and SharePoint as collaborative files storage. Allows delineation of scanning various assets based on job function and department (as defined by Azure groups etc.). No additional cost if you are already invested in an E5 enterprise environment (for most functions, MS has additional DLP product enhancements)

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention should be your choice if you are a part of the O365/M365 ecosystem. Nothing better will suit your need of protecting sensitive data here. If you do not have tech-savvy core team, Purview DLP can almost give you an auto-pilot experience after the initial setup. Much less administration required. While Purview DLP supports some connections, if you are already employing a 3rd party email/endpoint protection software, look for a sibling product there, Purview DLP standalone doesn't works very well.

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is very good for identifying sensitive data across multiple settings, like OneDrive, Exchange Online, Sharepoint, etc. If you want to find data across your whole tenant, this is a decent tool to use for it.

It is the number 1 solution if you use Microsoft office products as it has the best coverage for them and understands the data and usage best for Office products.

You might see for any third-party options for other office application suite if you find this expensive.

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is well suited for when people are sending emails to their personal emails. this gives us an insight who the guilty parties and stay compliant per HIPAA standards. where Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention lacks is preventing emails to personal emails, its a one shoe fits all scenario

Microsoft Purview Data Loss is suitable for many scenarios. One could be where we need to protect data leakage from our on-premises servers. Another could be a scenario wherein most of the employees work from home and we have no control on what they do at their homes. Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention also support a hybrid scenario where some employees work from office and others work from home.

Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is Best for Regulatory Compliance Data Governance.

I think Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention is very powerful, but it's super hard to use and there is not great documentation to help you.