Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Lifecycle Management - Bulk replacement or removal of a retention label

🚨 The Signal: Admins can now bulk replace or remove Purview retention labels across the tenant or specific content using KQL. This streamlines data lifecycle management, improving compliance posture and reducing manual effort for data governance.

The Impact

Security and compliance teams are affected by improved data governance capabilities, reducing the risk of non-compliance and data sprawl.

• Compliance Teams: Reduced risk of non-compliance due to efficient label management.
• Security Teams: Better control over data lifecycle, reducing data sprawl and associated risks.
• Legal Teams: Improved defensibility in eDiscovery due to consistent retention policies.
• IT Admins: Streamlined operations for applying and removing retention labels.

The Action

1. Review existing retention label policies in Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
2. Identify scenarios for bulk label replacement or removal (e.g., policy changes, data migration).
3. Plan KQL queries for targeted content if not tenant-wide.
4. Test bulk operations in a non-production environment if available.
5. Implement bulk label changes via Purview compliance portal > Data lifecycle management > Retention labels.

Domain: Purview · Impact: medium · Workload: Microsoft Purview