Data Lifecycle and Records Management
Retention labels and policies, disposition review, and defensible deletion at scale. Delivered by DESSS with a documented 6-step workflow, named deliverables, and a 24-hour discovery response.
MICROSOFT PURVIEW
What does DESSS deliver for Data Lifecycle and Records Management
DESSS delivers Data Lifecycle and Records Management on Microsoft Purview Data Security through the data lifecycle and records management implementation: data discovery; classification workshops; labelling and protection build; audit-mode policies; staged enforcement; monitoring and review. Each step closes with named deliverables you sign off before the next begins.
THE WORKFLOW
6 steps, start to finish
Every engagement follows a documented sequence, so you always know which stage the work is in and what closes it.
- Data discovery — Weeks 1–3
- Classification workshops — Weeks 3–5
- Labelling and protection build — Weeks 5–8
- Audit-mode policies — Weeks 8–11
- Staged enforcement — Weeks 11–14
- Monitoring and review — Ongoing
WHAT YOU GET
Named deliverables, signed off
Each step closes with deliverables you review and approve before the next one begins — progress you can audit rather than a status colour on a slide.
- Discovery report
- Data location map
- Risk hotspots
- Label taxonomy
- Handling rules
- Owner agreement
- Configured labels
- Auto-labelling rules
- Scenario tests
- Audit findings
HOW TO ENGAGE
Advice, delivery, or managed service
Engage DESSS at whatever depth the work needs — independent advice before budget is committed, full delivery against an agreed blueprint, or ongoing support from the team that built it.
Consulting & Advisory
Assessment, platform selection, business case, and roadmap — before you commit budget.
Implementation Services
Full delivery to an agreed blueprint, with weekly demos and named deliverables at every step.
Integration & Migration
Connecting and modernizing the systems the work depends on, with validated data and monitored interfaces.
Managed Support Services
Monitoring, incident handling, enhancements, and release management from the team that built it.
A typical DESSS Data Lifecycle and Records Management delivery runs 6 steps, with the final step reached around ongoing. Complex integrations, multi-entity scope, or regulated environments extend that — the discovery session produces a dated plan for your case rather than an average.
Every step closes with named deliverables — Audit findings, Auto-labelling rules, Configured labels, Data location map, Discovery report, Enforcement plan, False positive analysis, Handling rules — so progress is visible, auditable, and reviewable rather than a status colour on a slide.
Yes. Integration with the systems your retention depends on is designed early and delivered with validation, monitoring, and error handling, so failures are visible and recoverable.
No. Data Lifecycle and Records Management is often delivered alongside the other Microsoft Purview Data Security products listed below, in a phased roadmap that avoids rebuilding earlier phases. DESSS sequences them so each phase stands on its own.
The consultants who implemented it. Managed support covers monitoring, incidents, enhancements, and release management under severity-based service levels.
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