Purview Microsoft Review has undergone a significant transformation. But, as Shelley Bougnague of Cloudficient discusses, it still has challenges!
As discussed in her post titled (wait for it!) Purview Microsoft Review: Unified Interface, Same Old Legal Challenges? (available here), Shelley discusses that Microsoft’s latest move to unify its eDiscovery experience in Purview – through the deprecation of the eDiscovery (Standard) and eDiscovery (Premium) models to create a “Unified Experience” – is designed to simplify compliance workflows. But for legal and IT teams working under pressure, “unified” doesn’t necessarily mean “complete.”
While the unified interface addresses some previous usability pain points, it won’t eliminate many of the Core Challenges that legal and IT teams face. In some ways, it introduces new complexities that are harder to navigate precisely because of the assumption that things are now “solved.” Here’s one of those:
Export Thresholds and Workflow Rigidities
One of the most significant pain points remains export functionality. Legal teams often need to perform large-scale exports as part of litigation or regulatory responses. However, Purview’s export thresholds introduce severe limitations. When content volumes exceed Microsoft’s set limits, teams are forced to break up exports, manually creating inefficiencies, increasing error potential, and undermining defensibility.
This is not just a logistical concern; it directly affects the timeline and reliability of Legal Holds and productions. Fragmented exports raise the risk of data inconsistency and make it more difficult to maintain audit trails that are essential for legal defensibility. Despite improvements in UI, the core limitations of handling large volumes of data remain. The platform still doesn’t provide the granularity or flexibility many teams require in high-stakes legal scenarios. These bottlenecks are especially problematic when legal teams face tight deadlines or need to process large quantities of data from across multiple Microsoft 365 services.
So, what are other complexities introduced by the new Purview Microsoft Review? And how can you address them? Find out here, it’s only one click! You only need to retain it long enough to read it! 😉
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