generated: '2026-06-20'
method: searched
status: published
source: >-
  https://github.com/microsoft/purview-dlm-mcp and the Microsoft MCP catalog
  https://github.com/microsoft/mcp. Microsoft does not (as of this writing)
  operate a hosted/remote MCP server for the Purview governance data-plane
  (Catalog / Data Map / Scanning). The one first-party Purview MCP server is
  the open-source DLM Diagnostics server below, which targets Data Lifecycle
  Management troubleshooting in Exchange Online via read-only PowerShell.
  The broader Azure MCP Server (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-mcp-server/overview)
  can reach Azure resources but does not expose the Purview data-plane as tools.
description: >-
  First-party Microsoft MCP server for Purview Data Lifecycle Management
  diagnostics. Local stdio server (TypeScript, @modelcontextprotocol/sdk) that
  authenticates to Exchange Online with MSAL interactive auth and exposes a
  curated set of read-only diagnostic tools. Not a general-purpose wrapper of
  the Purview REST APIs cataloged in this repo.
server:
  name: purview-dlm-mcp
  vendor: microsoft
  transport: stdio
  repo: https://github.com/microsoft/purview-dlm-mcp
  runtime: node
  auth: msal-interactive
tools:
  - name: run_powershell
    description: Execute curated, read-only Exchange Online PowerShell diagnostic commands.
  - name: get_execution_log
    description: Retrieve a full audit trail of the diagnostic session.
  - name: ask_learn
    description: Look up Microsoft Learn documentation relevant to the diagnosis.
  - name: create_issue
    description: Report an issue with the MCP server to GitHub.
  - name: submit_feedback
    description: Collect structured diagnostic-session feedback.
related:
  - name: Azure MCP Server
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/developer/azure-mcp-server/overview
    note: General Azure resource access; does not expose the Purview data-plane operations.
  - name: Microsoft Learn MCP Server
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/support/mcp
    note: Documentation retrieval across Microsoft Learn (includes Purview docs).