Microsoft Purview | Insider Risk Management: Retirement of Data Risk Graph

Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management is retiring the Data Risk Graph by December 8, 2026. Users must transition to Activity explorer, Content explorer, and User activity experiences for investigations. Existing policies and workflows remain unaffected; no user action is required for the feature removal. We are retiring Data Risk Graph in Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management (IRM). Data Risk Graph provides a visual investigation experience that helps investigators review connections among impacted data, users, and alert-related activities. As part of ongoing investments in Insider Risk Management investigation experiences, we are retiring this capability and directing customers to alternative investigation tools that provide detailed activity timelines and investigative context. After retirement, investigators can continue reviewing potentially risky activity by using Activity explorer, Content explorer, and User activity experiences within Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management. Rollout schedule For Worldwide, GCC, GCC High, DoD: The ability to configure Data Risk Graph was removed in early September 2026 New onboarding for Data Risk Graph ends September 24, 2026 Data Risk Graph retirement begins in early December 2026 and is expected to be fully retired by December 8, 2026 Impact on your organization Who is affected Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management administrators Insider Risk Management investigators Organizations currently using the Data Risk Graph experience Platforms and services Microsoft Purview Insider Risk Management Web What will happen After retirement: The Data Risk Graph tab will no longer be available in Insider Risk Management alert details. Organizations will no longer be able to configure or begin using Data Risk Graph. Existing Insider Risk Management policies, alerts, cases, reports, and investigation workflows will remain available. Customers can continue to investigate potentially risky activity using Activity explorer, Content explorer, and User activity experiences. No changes will be made to existing Insider Risk Management policy configurations as a result of this retirement. No user action is required for feature disablement. The feature will be removed by Microsoft as part of the retirement process. Action required and recommendations Action is recommended if your organization currently uses Data Risk Graph. Notify Insider Risk Management administrators and investigators about this retirement. Review current […]

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