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Adaptive Protection

Adaptive Protection helps organizations protect, discover, retain, audit, and govern information across Microsoft 365.

What this feature does

Adaptive Protection helps organizations protect, discover, retain, audit, and govern information across Microsoft 365.

It sits in Microsoft Purview under the Purview workload. Use the licence signal to see where it is included, then open a licence map to understand how it fits with nearby capabilities.

Feature profile

Product: Microsoft Purview
Workload: Purview
Category: Purview
Status: active

Related capabilities

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Data loss prevention

Policies to detect and protect sensitive information.

Audit (premium)

Audit (premium) records and exposes user, administrator, and service activity so teams can investigate changes, access, and compliance events.

Content Search

Content Search helps compliance teams search mailboxes, sites, and Microsoft 365 locations to locate relevant content for investigation or review.

Communication Compliance

Communication Compliance helps detect, review, and remediate risky or inappropriate communications across supported Microsoft 365 channels.

Compliance Manager

Compliance Manager helps assess compliance posture, track improvement actions, and map controls against regulatory or internal requirements.

Open licence coverage table

Feature	Product	Licence	Status	Source
Adaptive Protection	Microsoft Purview	M365 E5	Included	Official source
Adaptive Protection	Microsoft Purview	M365 F1	Not included	Official source
Adaptive Protection	Microsoft Purview	M365 A1 (Legacy)	Not included	Official source
Adaptive Protection	Microsoft Purview	M365 E7	Included	Official source
Adaptive Protection	Microsoft Purview	Defender and Purview Suites for Business Premium	Included	Official source
Adaptive Protection	Microsoft Purview	Purview Suite	Included	Official source