eDiscovery (Standard & Premium)

Microsoft Purview eDiscovery services for legal hold, case management and investigation workflows

We help organisations implement Microsoft Purview eDiscovery (Standard and Premium) so internal legal, compliance and security teams can preserve, search, analyse and export electronic content in support of investigations and regulatory requirements.
This service configures end-to-end eDiscovery workflows within Microsoft Purview, from case setup and legal hold through collections, review set management and export to support defensible discovery outcomes.

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Service Overview

Highlights

  • Case creation and management
  • Legal hold configuration
  • Search and collection workflows
  • Review set filtering and export

Business Benefits

  • Preserve content relevant to legal and compliance matters
  • Organise and control eDiscovery cases
  • Enable sophisticated review workflows for large datasets
  • Support regulatory and litigation readiness

Typical use cases

  • Internal investigations involving employee data
  • Legal discovery for litigation and regulatory matters
  • Human resources compliance reviews
  • Information governance and risk management

Objectives & deliverables

What Success Looks Like

  • Establish eDiscovery cases in Purview
  • Configure legal holds for specified custodians and content locations
  • Define search queries and collect content
  • Export responsive data for review and analysis

What You Get

  • Configured eDiscovery cases
  • Legal hold policies and data preservation
  • Search and collection criteria definitions
  • Review sets and export packages

How It Works

  1. Assess organisational eDiscovery requirements
  2. Set up case structures and permissions
  3. Create legal holds and initiate searches
  4. Execute export workflows and produce review datasets

Engagement Options

  • Standard eDiscovery Implementation
  • Premium Review Set Enablement
  • Legal Hold Workshop
  • Export Readiness and Reporting Service

Additional Information

Prerequisites & licensing

Before starting, confirm that you have Microsoft Purview compliance roles and the required licensing for Standard or Premium eDiscovery workflows.
  • Purview compliance administrator or comparable role access
  • Defined custodians and content scope
  • Licenses covering Standard or Premium eDiscovery
  • Stakeholder alignment on legal and compliance requirements

Security & Compliance Notes

  • Legal holds preserve data across locations and may impact normal retention policies
  • Sensitive data access should be controlled through least privilege principles

Common Bundles

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Compliance Evidence Packs
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Documentation Packs & Runbooks
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Data Lifecycle & Records Management
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