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Microsoft come up with two very powerful solutions for Security, Compliance and data governance

Microsoft Defender – Microsoft 365 Defender is defense suite of services which provides detection, prevention, investigation and responses across following services against attacks / threats

• Endpoints
• Identities
• Emails
• Applications

We have detailed article on Microsoft defender – Explore Microsoft 365 Defender – part 1 – https://knowledge-junction.in/2022/10/06/explore-microsoft-365-defender-part-1/

Microsoft Purview – Microsoft Purview is a suite of data governance, risk, and compliance solutions that can help our organization to govern, protect, and manage our entire data estate

We have detailed article on Microsoft Purview – Microsoft 365 : Exploring Microsoft Purview – Introduction – simplifying concepts – study material for Exam SC-900: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals – https://knowledge-junction.in/2023/05/11/microsoft-365-exploring-microsoft-purview-introduction-simplifying-concepts-study-material-for-exam-sc-900-microsoft-security-compliance-and-identity-fundamentals/

But these both the solution come up with certain licenses and sometime before purchase we need to know details or we need to try out. So Microsoft provides trials. We could have trial for Microsoft Defender and Microsoft Purview

Those trails are free of cost

In this trial duration we have unlimited licenses available

We could end these trails anytime

Before activating these trails, we need to agree with – Microsoft 365 Trial Terms & Conditions – https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-365/microsoft-365-trial

Steps to activate the trials

• Navigate to Microsoft Purview compliance portal
• We could navigate to Microsoft Purview compliance portal through direct URL – https://compliance.microsoft.com/homepage or through Microsoft 365 admin center
• We have detailed article on how to navigate to Microsoft Purview compliance portal – https://knowledge-junction.in/2023/05/04/small-tricks-and-tips-microsoft-365-administration-microsoft-purview-portal-how-to-navigate/

• From left menu click on “Trials”
• We will be navigated to – “trialHorizontalHub” page / blade – https://compliance.microsoft.com/trialHorizontalHub

• If you notice in above image we have trial option for – Compliance assessments and Microsoft Purview solutions
• If “Try now” option is available then once clicked directly get started as here in case of “Compliance assessments“
• If “Try now” option is not available then check “Trail prerequisites” as here in case of “Microsoft Purview solutions”
• If we scroll page bit we have trail available for Microsoft defender (Security Trail) as

• Here, we have security trails as shown in above fig
• Here, I already trying those

Thanks for reading!!! HAVE A GREAT LEARNING AHEAD 🙂