aid: microsoft-purview name: Microsoft Purview description: Microsoft Purview is a comprehensive data governance service that helps organizations discover, catalog, classify, and manage their data estate across on-premises, multi-cloud, and SaaS environments. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/blog/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/04/Microsoft-Purview-logo.png url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview created: 2024-01-15 00:00:00+00:00 modified: '2026-04-28' specificationVersion: '0.19' tags: - Compliance - Data Catalog - Data Classification - Data Governance - Data Loss Prevention - Information Protection apis: - name: Microsoft Purview Catalog API description: APIs for discovering, cataloging, and managing metadata for data assets across your data estate. The catalog is built on Apache Atlas and provides searchable inventory of data assets with classifications and glossary terms. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/catalog-api baseURL: https://{account-name}.purview.azure.com tags: - Classifications - Data Catalog - Data Discovery - Glossary - Metadata properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/ - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-catalog-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/tutorial-using-rest-apis - type: Pricing url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/pricing/details/purview/ - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-gov-api-create-assets - name: Microsoft Purview Scanning API description: APIs for configuring and managing scans of data sources to automatically discover and catalog data assets. Supports registering data sources and scheduling automated scans across your data estate. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/scanning-api baseURL: https://{account-name}.purview.azure.com tags: - Automated Discovery - Classification Rules - Data Scanning - Data Sources - Scan Triggers properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/scanning - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-scanning-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/tutorial-using-rest-apis - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-map-data-sources - name: Microsoft Purview Account API description: APIs for managing Purview accounts, configurations, and administrative settings. Provides resource management operations for creating, updating, and deleting Purview accounts through Azure Resource Manager. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/account-api baseURL: https://management.azure.com tags: - Account Management - Administration - Configuration - Resource Manager properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/account - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-account-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/v2-oauth2-client-creds-grant-flow - name: Microsoft Purview Data Map API description: APIs for accessing and managing the unified data map that provides a holistic view of your data estate. Supports entity management, lineage tracking, relationship mapping, and discovery queries across cataloged assets. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-map-api baseURL: https://{account-name}.purview.azure.com tags: - Data Discovery - Data Map - Entity Management - Lineage - Relationships properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/datamap - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-data-map-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/tutorial-using-rest-apis - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/legacy/how-to-purview-custom-lineage-api-user-guide - name: Microsoft Purview Metadata Policies API description: APIs for creating and managing data access policies based on metadata attributes. Enables programmatic management of collection-level permissions and role assignments. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/metadata-policies baseURL: https://{account-name}.purview.azure.com tags: - Access Policies - Collections - Data Governance - Metadata - Role Assignments properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/metadatapolicies - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-metadata-policies-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/tutorial-using-rest-apis - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/legacy/tutorial-metadata-policy-collections-apis - name: Microsoft Purview Workflow API description: APIs for managing workflows and approval processes for data governance tasks. Supports defining custom approval workflows for glossary term management and other governance operations. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/workflow-api baseURL: https://{account-name}.purview.azure.com tags: - Approvals - Automation - Governance Tasks - Workflows properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/workflow - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-workflow-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/tutorial-using-rest-apis - name: Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog API description: APIs for programmatically integrating and managing the Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog. Supports operations on business domains, glossary terms, data products, OKRs, critical data elements, and data access policies. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/unified-catalog-api-overview baseURL: https://{account-name}.purview.azure.com tags: - Business Domains - Data Governance - Data Products - Glossary Terms - Unified Catalog properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/unified-catalog-api-overview - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-unified-catalog-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-gov-api-rest-data-plane - name: Microsoft Purview Data Quality API description: APIs for programmatically interacting with data quality rules, measuring data quality, and retrieving data quality scores for data assets. Supports data profiling, rule management, and quality assessment operations. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/unified-catalog-data-quality baseURL: https://{account-name}.purview.azure.com tags: - Data Assessment - Data Profiling - Data Quality - Quality Rules properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/unified-catalog-data-quality - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-data-quality-openapi.yml - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/unified-catalog-data-quality - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-gov-api-rest-data-plane - name: Microsoft Purview eDiscovery API description: APIs for automating eDiscovery operations through Microsoft Graph, including managing cases, custodians, review sets, searches, and exports for litigation, investigation, and regulatory requests. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/security-ediscovery-apioverview baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com tags: - Compliance - eDiscovery - Investigations - Legal Hold - Litigation properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/security-ediscovery-apioverview?view=graph-rest-1.0 - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-ediscovery-openapi.yml - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/security-ediscovery-appauthsetup - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/edisc-ref-api-guide - name: Microsoft Purview Information Protection API description: APIs for accessing and managing sensitivity labels through Microsoft Graph. Enables applications to apply, update, and delete sensitivity labels, evaluate label actions, and enforce information protection policies programmatically. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/security-information-protection-overview baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com tags: - Data Classification - Encryption - Information Protection - Rights Management - Sensitivity Labels properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/security-information-protection-overview - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-information-protection-openapi.yml - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/sensitivity-labels - name: Microsoft Purview Data Security and Governance API description: APIs for integrating data loss prevention and compliance policy enforcement into applications through Microsoft Graph. Provides compute protection scopes and process content operations to evaluate and enforce DLP policies at runtime. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/security-datasecurityandgovernance-overview baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com tags: - AI Security - Compliance - Data Loss Prevention - Data Security - Policy Enforcement properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/security-datasecurityandgovernance-overview - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-data-security-governance-openapi.yml - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/developer/use-the-api - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/developer/ - name: Microsoft Purview Records Management API description: APIs for managing retention labels, retention policies, and disposition review through Microsoft Graph. Helps organizations manage data retention and deletion to meet legal obligations and compliance regulations. image: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview humanURL: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/security-recordsmanagement-overview baseURL: https://graph.microsoft.com tags: - Compliance - Data Lifecycle - Records Management - Retention Labels properties: - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/resources/security-recordsmanagement-overview?view=graph-rest-1.0 - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/microsoft-purview-records-management-openapi.yml - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/compliance-concept-overview common: - type: Portal url: https://purview.microsoft.com - type: Documentation url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/ - type: Getting Started url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/use-azure-purview-studio - type: Authentication url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-gov-api-rest-data-plane - type: Reference url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/purview/ - type: SDKs url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/data-gov-python-sdk - type: Best Practices url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/concept-best-practices-accounts - type: Change Log url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/purview/whats-new - type: Blog url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-purview-blog/bg-p/MicrosoftPurviewBlog - type: Support url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/topics/azure-purview.html - type: Status url: https://status.azure.com/ - type: Terms of Service url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/ - type: Privacy Policy url: https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/privacystatement - type: GitHub Organization url: https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/tree/main/sdk/purview - type: Community url: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-purview/ct-p/MicrosoftPurview - type: Website url: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/business/microsoft-purview - type: Login url: https://purview.microsoft.com - type: Sign Up url: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/purview/ - type: JSON-LD url: json-ld/microsoft-purview-context.jsonld maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com