Ghani Governance · United Kingdom
Microsoft Purview consultancy for organisations that need it implemented properly
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Ghani Governance is the Microsoft Purview consultancy of Salman A Ghani — a UK information security practice that implements Microsoft Purview so the live Microsoft 365 posture matches what the organisation has written in policy. Work starts from those policies (or drafts them), then designs and implements the Purview controls; it does not start from a product-first click-through.
Who this is for
Ghani Governance works with UK organisations that already have Microsoft 365 — and often a half-configured Purview tenant — and need the Purview posture to match what the organisation has actually promised on paper. Typical buyers sit in security, compliance, data, privacy and legal, not a household “get a quote” journey.
If you need a noisy DLP estate calmed, a label model people will actually use, a catalog with owners, or Insider Risk policies that HR and the DPO can defend, that is the build. It starts from policy.
Where we start
Most Microsoft Purview implementations start from a product template. We start from your written policies. Where those policies do not exist, we draft them. The output is a Policy-to-Purview design report — then the controls are built to match it.
Policy to Purview design
Read data, classification, privacy, AUP, ROPA, AI, incident and cloud policies — or draft them — and map each obligation onto a Microsoft Purview control. Legal governance and technology governance in one piece of work.
Policy to Purview design →Then we implement
DLP, labels, catalog, Insider Risk and the rest of the platform are the build, not the starting point. They have to be defensible against the policies you already published — or the ones we just wrote with you.
All Purview services →What we implement
Four primary Microsoft Purview workstreams after the policy design. Further platform capabilities — data lifecycle and records, eDiscovery, Compliance Manager, Communication Compliance, DSPM for AI — have their own pages when they are in scope.
Microsoft Purview DLP implementation
Discover sensitive data, design policies around real exit paths, pilot in audit, then enforce without breaking the business.
DLP implementation →
Sensitivity labels and information protection
A short, teachable taxonomy, publishing that matches how teams work, and protection settings tied to harm of disclosure.
Labels and Information Protection →
Unified Catalog, Data Map and data governance
Scans, sources, glossary and ownership so the catalogue is not an unused inventory six weeks after go-live.
Data governance →
Insider Risk Management
Proportionate indicators, investigation workflow, and a documented path that security, HR and the DPO can share.
Insider Risk →Also: Data lifecycle and records · eDiscovery · Compliance Manager · Communication Compliance · DSPM for AI
How an engagement runs
1. Read or draft the policies
Privacy, classification, AUP, ROPA, information security, AI, incident, cloud — what is written, what is missing, what a regulator would actually read.
2. Policy-to-Purview design report
Each obligation mapped to a Purview control (or an honest gap if the product cannot carry it). This is the groundwater before anyone clicks “create policy”.
3. Build, pilot, tune
DLP, labels, catalog, Insider Risk and the rest — audit or a limited population before block.
4. Hand over
Thresholds, ownership and change control so your team can run it, and so the written policy and the tenant do not drift apart.
How we deliver
You contract Ghani Governance, not a one-person bottleneck. A principal consultant scopes the work. Delivery is then staffed with associate Microsoft Purview specialists and, where it serves you, trusted referrals. You will know who is on the engagement.
This is a Purview implementation practice. Group DPO and privacy-counsel judgement is demonstrated in the design, not as a career-change story. Experience includes Microsoft Purview delivery for Avanade, IBM, Zurich and JP Morgan. Not a personal brand page. We do not publish a roster of fictional consultants.
Where we work
Engagements are UK-wide. The first commercial focus is Manchester and Greater Manchester. That is a service area, not a claim of staffed offices in Salford, Stockport, Bolton or Trafford.
Questions organisations actually ask
What does a Microsoft Purview consultant actually do?
A Purview consultant designs, tests and hands over working controls — DLP policies, sensitivity labels, Unified Catalog structures, Insider Risk policies — against your real data movements and UK accountability duties. Ghani Governance is an implementation practice, not a job board and not a Microsoft product page.
Are you hiring Microsoft Purview consultants?
No. Search results for “microsoft purview consultant” mix jobs with consultancies. This site is for organisations that need implementation help. We are not advertising roles.
Do you only implement DLP?
DLP is the first cell. The live offer also covers sensitivity labels and Information Protection, Unified Catalog and Data Map, Insider Risk Management, data lifecycle and records management, eDiscovery, Compliance Manager, Communication Compliance, and DSPM for AI. We scope what you actually need in a discovery workshop — not every workstream by default.
Can you improve an existing Purview estate that is too noisy?
Yes. Many organisations already have template policies. We review matches, exceptions, user impact and ownership, then tune before adding more enforcement.
Do you work outside Manchester?
Yes. The practice is UK-wide. Manchester and Greater Manchester are the first focus, as a service area — not because we have a staffed office there.
Are you a Microsoft reseller or partner page?
Ghani Governance is an independent consultancy. We work with the Microsoft Purview product you already license. We do not sell Microsoft licences from this site and we do not display partner badges we have not evidenced here.
Does Microsoft Purview still exist?
Yes. Microsoft Purview is Microsoft’s current data security, compliance and governance product family. Feature names move; the implementation problem — making controls match real work — does not. See Microsoft Learn for product definitions.
How much does Microsoft Purview cost?
Product licensing is Microsoft’s, not ours. We charge for discovery, design, implementation and handover time. Indicative planning ranges sit on the service pages; they are not quotes.
Will I only work with one consultant?
You engage the practice, not a one-person bottleneck. A principal consultant typically leads discovery. Delivery is then staffed with associate Microsoft Purview specialists and, where it serves the work, a trusted referral. You will know who is on the engagement.
Who is behind Ghani Governance?
Ghani Governance is a UK Microsoft Purview implementation practice. The offer is Purview. Group DPO and privacy-counsel judgement is demonstrated in that work — written policy first — not as a previous chapter. Experience includes Microsoft Purview delivery for Avanade, IBM, Zurich and JP Morgan. This site is the practice, not a personal brand page.
Do you only configure Microsoft Purview?
No. We start from written policy. If you already have data, classification, privacy, AUP, ROPA, AI, incident or cloud policies, we read them and design the Purview posture to match. If you do not, we draft them. The build in the tenant comes after that design report.
Related Purview services
Ghani Governance Microsoft Purview services on this hub — start at the services list, or go straight to a workstream:
- All Microsoft Purview services — full hub of live national workstreams
- Policy to Purview design — written policy mapped onto Purview controls before the tenant build
- Microsoft Purview DLP implementation — sensitive-content controls tested before enforce
- Sensitivity labels and information protection — taxonomy, publishing and protection settings
- Contact — phone and email for a scoping conversation
Book a discovery workshop
A scoping conversation about what you need to protect, what is already configured, and what must not break.