check before: 2025-06-01
Product:
Purview Communication Compliance
Platform:
Online, Web, World tenant
Status:
In development
Change type:
New feature, User impact, Admin impact
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Details:
Summary:
Microsoft Purview Compliance portal will soon feature a timeline view of user activity, showing potentially risky interactions flagged for review. This will be available in public preview in June 2025 and general availability in July 2025. No admin action is required, but admins should be informed and documentation updated.
Details:
Coming soon to the Microsoft Purview | Compliance portal: A new timeline view of user activity that offers a comprehensive timeline view of a user's potentially risky interactions that may result in a data security or compliance incident. It includes all interactions that have been flagged for review for that policy. This empowers reviewers by providing context on the user's history, enabling them to address violations with a complete view of all other potential risky interactions that may result in a data security or compliance incident. As a result, reviewers can make informed decisions, streamlining the review process to be both efficient and effective.
This message is associated with Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 489840.
[When this will happen:]
Public Preview: We will begin rolling out early June 2025 and expect to complete by late June 2025.
General Availability (Worldwide): We will begin rolling out early July 2025 and expect to complete by late July 2025.
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Release Phase:
General Availability, Preview
Created:
2025-05-22
updated:
2025-05-22
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summary for non-techies**
Microsoft is introducing a timeline view feature in the Purview Compliance portal to provide a chronological overview of potentially risky interactions, with a public preview in June 2025 and general availability in July 2025, enhancing the review process by offering a comprehensive view of user activities.
Direct effects for Operations**
User Experience Impact from New Compliance Feature
The introduction of a timeline view of user activity may overwhelm users with excessive notifications about flagged interactions, leading to confusion and anxiety regarding compliance and data security.
- roles: Compliance Officer, End User
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/communication-compliance-investigate-remediate#investigate-policy-matches-and-alerts, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=489840
Operational Impact on Review Process
The automatic rollout of the new feature without prior training or preparation may result in reviewers being unprepared to effectively utilize the new timeline view, potentially leading to inefficient review processes and overlooked compliance issues.
- roles: Compliance Reviewer, IT Administrator
- references: https://learn.microsoft.com/purview/communication-compliance-investigate-remediate#investigate-policy-matches-and-alerts, https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-365/roadmap?filters=&searchterms=489840
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