App Governance
App Governance helps discover, monitor, govern, and protect cloud app usage across the organization.
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App Governance helps discover, monitor, govern, and protect cloud app usage across the organization.
It sits in Microsoft Defender under the Defender 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 Defender
- Workload
- Defender
- Category
- Defender
- Status
- active
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Open licence coverage table
| Feature | Product | Licence | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | Purview Suite | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | M365 E7 | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | M365 A5 | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | M365 E3 | Not included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | M365 A1 (Legacy) | Not included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | M365 E5 | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | Purview Suite (FLW) | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | Defender + Purview Suite (FLW) | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | Purview Suite (EDU) | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | Defender Suite | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | Defender Suite (EDU) | Included | Official source |
| App Governance | Microsoft Defender | Defender Suite (FLW) | Included | Official source |