Microsoft discontinues Windows Information Protection (WIP) in favor of Purview

guest · Jul 22, 2022

July 22, 2022

Windows Information Protection (WIP) - previously known as enterprise data protection (EDP) - is a Microsoft product designed to prevent accidental information leakage at companies.

Microsoft has repeatedly emphasized that WIP should not be use as the line of defense against malicious insiders, rather it is just a tool meant to prevent accidental leakage through personal email accounts, public cloud storage, or social media platforms, without hampering the overall employee experience. Today, the firm has announced that it is discontinuing WIP in favor of Purview.
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If you have followed our previous coverage of Purview, you probably know that the data governance platform offers a bunch of capabilities, including Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP). As such, it does have significant overlap with WIP's functionalities, which is probably why Microsoft is phasing out its older product in favor of a new one that it regularly updates.

Purview leverages state-of-the-art machine learning classifiers to protect against a number of undesirable enterprise scenarios including accidental data leakage, harassment, money laundering, corporate sabotage, and more.
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Microsoft: Announcing the sunset of Windows Information Protection (WIP)

Certain capabilities within the solution known as Windows Information Protection (WIP), previously referred to as Enterprise Data Protection (EDP) will be discontinued over time. As a result, we recommend that you explore Microsoft Purview Information Protection and Data Loss Prevention for your multi-cloud and multi-platform data protection needs.

Windows Information Protection, previously known as Enterprise Data Protection (EDP), was originally released to help organizations protect enterprise apps and data against accidental data leaks without interfering with the employee experience on Windows.
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Microsoft Purview Data Loss Prevention (DLP) leverages built-in sensitive data detection and native integration with sensitivity labels from Information Protection to enable you to create and enforce policies to prevent sensitive data exfiltration through common egress points. Microsoft Purview DLP is easy to turn on with protection built into Microsoft 365 cloud services, Microsoft 365 Apps (Office), and on endpoint devices with Windows and Microsoft Edge.
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The future of compliance and data governance is here: Introducing Microsoft Purview (April 19, 2022)

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