Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager: Regulatory Assessments and Compliance Score

Compliance Manager consulting for enterprises — regulatory assessments mapped to HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, FedRAMP, PCI DSS, CMMC, ISO 27001, and 350+ control templates, compliance score tracking, improvement actions, and the audit preparation discipline that turns compliance from a scramble into a capability.

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Regulatory Assessments

Pre-built and custom assessments for HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, FedRAMP, PCI DSS, CMMC, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, and industry-specific regulations.

Compliance Score

Weighted scoring showing organizational compliance posture across all active assessments — with trending and the improvement actions that move the score.

Improvement Actions

Prioritized actions mapped to specific controls — each with implementation guidance, testing procedures, and the evidence collection audit preparation requires.

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New regulatory templates for AI governance, Copilot compliance, and the emerging AI regulations organizations must address in 2026 and beyond.

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Why Compliance Audits Are Still Evidence Assembly Scrambles

SOC 2 Type II audit begins. The auditor requests evidence for 180 controls across security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy. The compliance team begins the familiar evidence assembly — pulling screenshots from Azure portal, exporting DLP policy configurations from Purview, gathering access review records from Entra ID, collecting change management tickets from ServiceNow, and assembling training records from the LMS. Each evidence item lives in a different system. Some evidence doesn't exist because the control exists in policy but wasn't implemented. Some evidence is outdated because configurations changed since the last audit. The 6-week audit preparation becomes an 8-week scramble, and the compliance team is exhausted before the auditor asks the first question. Next year, they'll do it again because nothing was systematized.

Compliance Manager done right transforms audit preparation from periodic scramble into continuous capability. Active assessments for each regulation the organization must satisfy — with controls mapped to Microsoft-managed actions (controls Microsoft handles) and customer-managed actions (controls the organization handles). Each customer-managed action linked to implementation evidence that updates continuously — DLP policy configurations, sensitivity label coverage, access review completion, MFA enforcement rates, audit log retention. Compliance score tracking showing posture trajectory across assessments. Improvement actions prioritized by score impact so the compliance team focuses on what moves the needle. Testing procedures documented so evidence collection follows a repeatable process. Done this way, audit preparation becomes evidence retrieval rather than evidence assembly — and the compliance score shows the auditor the organization's posture before they ask.

Capabilities We Implement

Assessment Configuration

Regulatory assessments for HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2, FedRAMP, PCI DSS, CMMC, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, and custom frameworks — with controls mapped to Microsoft-managed and customer-managed actions.

Improvement Action Mapping

Customer-managed improvement actions linked to implementation evidence, testing procedures, and the Purview, Entra, and Defender configurations that satisfy specific controls.

Continuous Compliance Score

Compliance score monitoring with trending, gap identification, and the prioritization that focuses the compliance team on the actions with highest score impact.

AI Regulatory Templates

Assessments for emerging AI regulations, Copilot compliance, and the governance controls organizations must demonstrate for responsible AI deployment.

Two Audiences, One Purview Practice

For enterprises

Deploy Purview for Your Organization

We design and deploy Purview for your regulatory requirements and data estate — information protection, DLP, eDiscovery, records management, compliance manager, data governance, and audit.

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For IT services companies

Scale Your Purview Team

Pre-qualified Purview compliance architects, DLP engineers, eDiscovery specialists, and data governance consultants for your client projects.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which regulations does Compliance Manager cover?

Over 350 pre-built templates including HIPAA, GDPR, SOC 2 Type II, FedRAMP (Low/Moderate/High), PCI DSS v4.0, CMMC Level 1-3, ISO 27001/27017/27018, NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks, CCPA/CPRA, and industry-specific regulations. Custom assessment templates can be created for regulations not covered by pre-built templates.

Does the compliance score reflect actual compliance?

The score reflects control implementation status within Microsoft 365 — how many improvement actions are implemented, tested, and evidenced. It does not replace auditor judgment or cover controls outside the Microsoft ecosystem. The score is a useful posture indicator and audit preparation tool, not a certification substitute.

How does Compliance Manager connect to Purview compliance features?

Directly. Improvement actions for DLP, information protection, insider risk, and records management link to the Purview configurations that satisfy those controls. When you deploy a DLP policy that satisfies a HIPAA control, the improvement action status updates. This connection is what makes continuous compliance possible.

Can you help us prepare for SOC 2 Type II using Compliance Manager?

Yes. We configure the SOC 2 Type II assessment, map improvement actions to your specific trust service criteria, link evidence to Purview and Entra configurations, and establish the testing cadence that produces continuous evidence rather than point-in-time scrambles. The goal is audit preparation measured in hours, not weeks.

Audit Preparation in Hours.
Not Weeks.

Regulatory assessments, compliance score, continuous evidence — Compliance Manager configured for the audit cadence your organization faces.

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