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Compliance score

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A percentage in Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager built from points earned by completing risk-weighted improvement actions, including actions Microsoft manages; it tracks progress and is not a certificate of compliance.

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What are improvement actions?

Improvement actions are the tasks in Compliance Manager that move your compliance score. Completing them raises the number, and the episode explains who does what in the workflow, from assessments and regulation templates through to finishing these tasks. · From the episode: Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager - Simply…

Does a high compliance score mean I am compliant?

Not on its own. A high score never replaces your judgment about whether a control actually works. The score is a way to watch progress, but a person still has to check that the underlying measures do what they are supposed to do. · From the episode: Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager - Simply…

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