Published Mar 27, 2024
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance will release a feature that reduces detection-to-investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour for Microsoft Viva Engage private messages and community conversations. This feature will help organizations detect policy violations and ensure user-level privacy. No action is needed from users to prepare for this rollout. The feature will be available for public preview from mid-March 2024 and for general availability from mid-May 2024. Access to the Communication Compliance solution is available in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
Updated May 8, 2024: We have updated the rollout timeline below. Thank you for your patience.
Coming soon to general availability, Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance will release a feature that will reduce detection-to-investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour for Microsoft Viva Engage.
This message is associated with MC722586 Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance: Reduce detect-to-investigation time from 24 hours to 1 hour for Viva Engage (March 1, 2024) and Microsoft 365 Roadmap ID 181828.
When this will happen:
Public Preview: We began rolling out mid-March 2024 and expect to complete by early April 2024.
General Availability: We will begin rolling out mid-May 2024 (previously late April) and complete by late May 2024 (previously early May).
How this will affect your organization:
This feature will reduce the detection to investigation time to an hour for Viva Engage private messages and community conversations, allowing your organization to respond promptly to policy violations.
Microsoft Purview Communication Compliance provides the tools to help organizations detect business conduct and regulatory compliance violations (e.g. SEC or FINRA), such as sensitive or confidential information, harassing or threatening language, and sharing of adult content. Built with privacy by design, usernames are pseudonymized by default, role-based access controls are built in, investigators are opted in by an admin, and audit logs are in place to help ensure user-level privacy.
What you need to do to prepare:
No action is needed from you to prepare for this rollout. You may want to notify your admins about this change and update any relevant documentation as appropriate.
You can access the Communication Compliance solution in the Microsoft Purview compliance portal.
Learn more:
Learn about Communication Compliance
Detect channel signals with communication compliance | Microsoft Learn