Improvement actions

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Recommended tasks in Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager that can be assigned to owners, hold evidence and be tested manually or automatically, and that add points to the compliance score.

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Covers the compliance score, assessments, regulations and templates, and improvement actions. · Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager - Simply…

Episodes about Improvement actions

Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager - Simply Explained

2026-10-23 · Video on YouTube

Learn how Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager turns messy compliance questions into a single score. Understand assessments, templates, and actions. There's a question that makes most companies go quiet, and it's the one about whether they're actually…

Articles about Improvement actions (1)

Microsoft Purview Compliance Score Math: How Points, Weights, and Baselines Actually Work
2026-10-23 · Mirko Peters
Demystify Microsoft Purview Compliance Manager score math. Learn how improvement actions, weightings, points, and baselines shape your cloud security rating.

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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…

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Maintained by Mirko Peters (Microsoft MVP) · Last updated: 2026-11-03