Unified data governance, discovery, and risk management platform with automatic classification, lineage across Azure, on-prem, SaaS, and multi-cloud sources, plus information protection, insider risk, and communication compliance modules spun out of Microsoft 365 Compliance
FluffyStack toolsJurisdictional exposure
Attributes
- SLA Uptime
- 99.9%
Sub-services (4)
Data Map
Automated discovery and classification of data sources across cloud and on-prem
Data Catalog
Searchable business glossary with lineage, schema, and owner metadata
Information Protection
Sensitivity labels, DLP policies, and encryption across M365 and Azure
Insider Risk Management
Detect risky user activity with privacy-preserving anonymised signals
Compliance & Certifications
This service is attested for the following frameworks. Always verify with the provider before relying on a specific compliance posture.
Where this runs
Sovereign regions (13)
- Australia Central · CanberraAzure Australia Government
- Australia Central 2 · CanberraAzure Australia Government
- US Gov Virginia · VirginiaAzure Government (US)
- US Gov Arizona · ArizonaAzure Government (US)
- US Gov Texas · TexasAzure Government (US)
- US DoD East · VirginiaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
- US DoD Central · IowaAzure Government (US DoD regions)
- China North (Beijing) · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
- China East (Shanghai) · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
- China North 2 · BeijingMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
- China East 2 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
- China North 3 · HebeiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
- China East 3 · ShanghaiMicrosoft Azure operated by 21Vianet
Commercial regions (61)
Europe (21)
- Austria East
- Belgium Central
- Denmark East
- Finland Central
- France South
- France Central
- Germany North
- Germany West Central
- Greece Central
- North Europe
- Italy North
- West Europe
- Norway East
- Norway West
- Poland Central
- Spain Central
- Sweden Central
- Switzerland West
- Switzerland North
- UK West
- UK South
North America (13)
- Canada East
- Canada Central
- Mexico Central
- West US
- East US 3
- North Central US
- Central US
- West US 3
- South Central US
- East US
- East US 2
- West US 2
- West Central US
South America (3)
- Brazil Southeast
- Brazil South
- Chile Central
Asia (14)
- East Asia
- South India
- India South Central
- Jio India West
- West India
- Jio India Central
- Central India
- Indonesia Central
- Japan West
- Japan East
- Malaysia West
- Southeast Asia
- Korea South
- Korea Central
Oceania (3)
- Australia East
- Australia Southeast
- New Zealand North
Middle East (5)
- Israel Central
- Qatar Central
- Saudi Arabia Central
- UAE Central
- UAE North
Africa (2)
- South Africa West
- South Africa North
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