check before: 2026-04-01
Product:
Purview, Purview Communication Compliance, Purview compliance portal, Purview Data Loss Prevention
Platform:
Online, Web, World tenant
Status:
Launched
Change type:
Admin impact, New feature, Updated message, User impact
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Summary:
Microsoft Purview compliance portal's Data Security Investigations now includes a soft purge mitigation action, enabling admins to delete sensitive items recoverably during investigations. This feature, rolled out in early April 2026, requires no configuration, preserves existing policies, and does not affect user workflows.
Details:
Updated April 6, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction]
We're adding a new soft purge mitigation action in Data Security Investigations (DSI) to help administrators quickly remove sensitive or overshared items during an investigation. Soft purge allows items to be deleted while remaining recoverable until their deleted item retention period expires. This addition builds on DSI's AI-powered content analysis capabilities-such as categorization, AI search, and risk examination-to help organizations identify and respond to data security risks more efficiently.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 558109.
[When this will happen]
General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout began in early April 2026 and completed early April 2026.
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Created:
2026-03-17
updated:
2026-04-07
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Direct effects for Operations**
Data Loss Prevention
The introduction of the soft purge feature may lead to confusion among admins regarding the handling of sensitive data, potentially resulting in improper use of the feature and accidental data loss if not understood correctly.
- roles: Admins, Security Teams
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/data-security-investigations, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=558109
User Experience
Although the feature is designed not to affect user workflows, if admins misuse the soft purge action, it could lead to unintended data unavailability for users, impacting their ability to access necessary information.
- roles: Admins, End Users
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/data-security-investigations, https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/data-security-investigations-mitigation-actions
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change history
| Date | Property | old | new |
| 2026-04-07 | MC MessageTagNames | New feature, User impact, Admin impact | Updated message, New feature, User impact, Admin impact |
| 2026-04-07 | MC Summary | Microsoft Purview compliance portal’s Data Security Investigations will add a new soft purge action by late May 2026, allowing admins to delete sensitive items recoverable until retention expires. It’s enabled by default, requires no configuration, and does not affect user workflows or existing policies. | Microsoft Purview compliance portal's Data Security Investigations now includes a soft purge mitigation action, enabling admins to delete sensitive items recoverably during investigations. This feature, rolled out in early April 2026, requires no configuration, preserves existing policies, and does not affect user workflows. |
| 2026-04-07 | MC Last Updated | 03/12/2026 01:07:11 | 2026-04-07T02:03:33Z |
| 2026-04-07 | MC Messages | [Introduction]
We're adding a new soft purge mitigation action in Data Security Investigations (DSI) to help administrators quickly remove sensitive or overshared items during an investigation. Soft purge allows items to be deleted while remaining recoverable until their deleted item retention period expires. This addition builds on DSI's AI-powered content analysis capabilities-such as categorization, AI search, and risk examination-to help organizations identify and respond to data security risks more efficiently. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 558109. [When this will happen] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout will begin in early April 2026 and is expected to complete by late May 2026. | Updated April 6, 2026: We have updated the timeline. Thank you for your patience.
[Introduction] We're adding a new soft purge mitigation action in Data Security Investigations (DSI) to help administrators quickly remove sensitive or overshared items during an investigation. Soft purge allows items to be deleted while remaining recoverable until their deleted item retention period expires. This addition builds on DSI's AI-powered content analysis capabilities-such as categorization, AI search, and risk examination-to help organizations identify and respond to data security risks more efficiently. This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 558109. [When this will happen] General Availability (Worldwide): Rollout began in early April 2026 and completed early April 2026. |
| 2026-04-07 | MC Title | Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Security Investigations introduces new soft purge mitigation action | (Updated) Microsoft Purview compliance portal: Data Security Investigations introduces new soft purge mitigation action |
| 2026-04-07 | MC End Time | 06/26/2026 09:00:00 | 2026-05-11T09:00:00Z |
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