Purview Suite for Business Premium: Audit (Premium)
Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium
per user per month, excluding VAT
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This is the compliance step up for organisations on Microsoft 365 Business Premium. Business Premium already carries Microsoft Purview Information Protection and data loss prevention for email and files; this add-on raises that to the advanced Purview tier, including Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium), which gives up to one year of audit log retention, custom audit retention policies, access to crucial events for investigations, and coverage of Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions. Two conditions govern it: it requires a Microsoft 365 Business Premium base licence on the same user, and the add-on is capped at 300 seats.
What it is
Microsoft Purview Suite for Microsoft 365 Business Premium is an add-on that lifts the data security and compliance layer of Business Premium without moving the organisation to an enterprise plan.
Who it is for
Organisations of up to 300 users that have to evidence what happened rather than assert it: anyone answering to a regulator, an auditor, or a customer security review, and anyone whose retention obligation runs longer than the standard audit window.
What Business Premium already gives you
Microsoft Purview Information Protection, sensitivity labelling, and data loss prevention for email and files. That is the base this add-on builds on.
What the Suite adds
Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium), which is the piece most organisations come for. It provides up to one year of audit log retention for user and administrator activity, custom audit log retention policies for other Microsoft 365 services, access to crucial events for investigations, and high-bandwidth access to the Office 365 Management Activity API. It includes everything in Audit (Standard).
It also covers Microsoft 365 Copilot interactions, with extended retention and analysis of Copilot audit records, which matters as soon as Copilot is deployed anywhere in the tenant.
Requirements
A Microsoft 365 Business Premium base licence on the same user. The add-on is capped at 300 seats, matching the ceiling on Business Premium.
Where the ten year figure comes from, and why it is not this
Ten year audit log retention applies only to users with the appropriate separate add-on licence. This suite provides the one year tier. If a retention obligation genuinely runs to ten years, that is a different licence and should be priced as one.
What does this add over Business Premium's own Purview features?
Business Premium includes Microsoft Purview Information Protection, sensitivity labelling and data loss prevention. This add-on raises that to the advanced tier, most visibly Microsoft Purview Audit (Premium) with up to one year of audit log retention.
Can I buy it on its own?
No. It requires a Microsoft 365 Business Premium base licence on the same user, and it is capped at 300 seats, the same ceiling as Business Premium.
How long are audit logs kept?
Up to one year with Audit (Premium), and custom retention policies can manage the retention period for audit records from other Microsoft 365 services. Ten year retention is a separate add-on licence, not this one.
Does it cover Microsoft 365 Copilot activity?
Yes. Audit (Premium) provides extended retention and advanced analysis for Copilot audit records, which becomes relevant the moment Copilot is assigned to anyone in the tenant.
Can I take this and the Defender Suite together?
Yes. Microsoft publishes a combined Defender and Purview Suites add-on for Business Premium, which carries both under the same base licence requirement and the same 300 seat cap.
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Category
- Security
- Type
- SaaS
- Billing
- Monthly
- Commitment
- 1-Year
- Available terms
- 1-Year, Monthly
- SKU
- MST-NCE-PSB-C100
- 1You request the licence, or add it to the cart.
- 2I confirm price, term and seats, and check your VAT number in VIES. Businesses in the EU only.
- 3You pay before we provision, under the CSP Marketplace Terms. The invoice comes from Michal Jatczak, a sole trader registered in Malta, trading as ITSailor. Reverse charge for an EU VAT number that validates in VIES.
- 4Your authorised signatory accepts the Microsoft Customer Agreement before activation.
- 5I place the order with Pax8 within one business day of payment.