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NLCS / Principal-led specialist consulting

Microsoft Purview Architecture for Regulated Enterprises

Protect sensitive information, modernize enterprise DLP, and establish trusted data security and AI governance across Microsoft 365, government cloud, and modern data platforms.

Principal-led consulting. Hands-on engineering. Measurable data protection outcomes.

Microsoft 365 • GCC & GCC High • Enterprise DLP • CUI protection

The NLCS difference

Enterprise Data Security. Information Protection. AI Governance.

NLCS helps organizations transform Microsoft Purview from a collection of configured policies into an effective, measurable, and sustainable enterprise data protection program.

We specialize in designing, implementing, modernizing, and optimizing Microsoft Purview solutions for organizations operating in complex, regulated, and government cloud environments. Principal-level architecture stays connected to hands-on engineering, stakeholder decisions, and production change governance.

Six core offerings

Microsoft Purview consulting services built around your requirement.

Start with architecture, modernize DLP, prepare for AI, or sustain the program after rollout. Each engagement has a defined scope and operating outcome.

01

Microsoft Purview Architecture & Implementation

NLCS assesses, designs, and implements enterprise Microsoft Purview information protection across supported Microsoft 365 workloads. Architecture, engineering, testing, and operating responsibilities are connected from the start.

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02

Flagship service

DLP Modernization & Optimization

NLCS helps enterprises assess existing or legacy DLP, redesign detection around sensitive data and business workflows, and modernize Microsoft Purview controls through simulation, controlled rollout, and effectiveness reporting.

Explore DLP modernization
03

Government Cloud & CUI Protection

NLCS brings GCC and GCC High project experience to federal contractor and regulated-enterprise work. Engagements translate CUI handling requirements into scoped classification, labeling, DLP, secure collaboration, and evidence practices.

Explore Government cloud & CUI
04

AI & Copilot Data Security Governance

NLCS assesses Microsoft Copilot readiness, sensitive-data exposure, oversharing, and information protection requirements. Purview-centered governance considers supported Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Foundry workloads without treating every AI integration as equivalent.

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05

Purview, Fabric & Security Integration

NLCS combines hands-on Fabric and Power BI consulting experience with Purview architecture to scope governance, compliance analytics, and security integrations. Specific integrations and platform components are evaluated for the customer’s supported environment.

Explore Fabric & security integration
06

Continuous Governance & Optimization

NLCS helps organizations maintain Microsoft Purview through recurring policy effectiveness reviews, configuration assessments, audit analysis, reporting, and architectural recommendations. Agreed review routines connect tuning and change governance to accountable operating teams.

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Flagship / DLP Modernization & Optimization

Make policy effectiveness visible.

Fragmented policies, noisy detections, and uncertain coverage make enterprise DLP difficult to operate. NLCS connects policy architecture, custom detection engineering, controlled rollout, and reporting to an agreed baseline.

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A practical modernization workstream

  • Assess existing policies, legacy tooling, workload coverage, and alert noise.
  • Design data-centric policies and validate custom sensitive-information detection.
  • Simulate, pilot, and approve a controlled production rollout.
  • Use policy effectiveness analytics and Power BI reporting to guide tuning.

Improvements are measured against agreed criteria, not presented as guaranteed reductions or unverified customer results.

Two ways to engage NLCS

Engagement Models

Direct consulting for enterprise teams. Principal-led delivery support for partner-led projects. Each model has its own inquiry path and agreed responsibilities.

Direct Enterprise Consulting

NLCS works directly with enterprises, federal contractors, and regulated organizations to assess, design, implement, and optimize Microsoft data security and AI governance solutions.

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Microsoft Partner Delivery Services

NLCS provides specialized Microsoft Purview architecture and engineering expertise to established Microsoft consulting partners, systems integrators, and prime contractors.

Principal-led architecture, client discovery, implementation, DLP modernization, technical documentation, and project-based subcontract delivery. Qualified consultant capacity is subject to availability and approval.

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A clear starting point

Focused Engagements. Measurable Outcomes.

Choose an assessment, a roadmap, or recurring optimization. Representative outputs help frame discovery; final scope, deliverables, timing, and terms are agreed before work begins.

Purview DLP Health Assessment

Review existing DLP policies, detection noise, workload coverage, and opportunities for optimization.

Designed for: Enterprises with deployed or legacy DLP whose teams need a clear view of policy quality and coverage.

Representative deliverables

  • Current-state policy and workload coverage review
  • Detection-noise findings and representative test observations
  • Prioritized optimization backlog and next-step recommendations

Assessment and recommendations; production policy changes are separately scoped and approved.

Purview Architecture & Modernization Roadmap

Evaluate the current environment and deliver a prioritized target architecture and implementation plan.

Designed for: Organizations planning a new Purview program, redesign, migration, or government-cloud workstream.

Representative deliverables

  • Current-state architecture and requirements assessment
  • Target design, workload and cloud dependencies, and architecture decisions
  • Prioritized implementation roadmap, validation gates, and operating responsibilities

Roadmap and design work; implementation scope and rollout commitments are agreed separately.

Copilot Data Security Readiness Assessment

Identify sensitive-data exposure, oversharing risks, and information protection readiness for enterprise AI adoption.

Designed for: Enterprise teams preparing to adopt or expand Microsoft Copilot and supported AI workloads.

Representative deliverables

  • In-scope AI use cases, data sources, and access-path review
  • Readiness findings covering oversharing, labels, and supported Purview controls
  • Prioritized governance actions with licensing, preview, and cloud limitations

Readiness assessment, not universal AI protection, a compliance certification, or a guarantee of safe AI use.

Continuous Purview Optimization

Recurring policy effectiveness reviews, reporting, configuration assessments, and architectural recommendations.

Designed for: Organizations with a deployed Purview program that need ongoing specialist governance and improvement.

Representative deliverables

  • Agreed review cadence, configuration baseline, and priority backlog
  • Policy effectiveness and available activity or audit findings
  • Governance reporting, controlled-change recommendations, and updated runbooks

Recurring advisory and optimization; capacity and cadence are agreed, with no 24/7 monitoring or guaranteed response SLA.

Supporting capabilities / Established experience and scoped integrations

Data and engineering depth behind the protection program.

Microsoft Fabric & Power BI Solutions

Hands-on analytics delivery, governed reporting, semantic models, SQL, reconciliation, and operational transition.

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BI Modernization & Cognos Migration

Legacy reporting assessment, business-rule analysis, migration planning, validation, and knowledge transfer.

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Data Analytics & Technical Evaluation

Requirements analysis, SQL, security telemetry, test evidence, troubleshooting, and technical validation.

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Data Governance & Workflow Automation

Information ownership, policy lifecycle, evidence, remediation tracking, and controlled workflow practices.

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Fabric platform components, Foundry integrations, and AI governance features are scoped against current Microsoft support, licensing, cloud availability, and your use case. An illustrative architecture is not a completed customer deployment.

How NLCS delivers

Assess, architect, implement, validate, operationalize, and optimize.

A repeatable engineering rhythm connects requirements, approved changes, test evidence, stakeholder decisions, and operational handoff.

01

Assess

Review existing Microsoft security configurations, data risks, and operational requirements.

02

Architect

Design security controls, integrations, evidence paths, and investigation workflows.

03

Implement

Configure approved Microsoft security capabilities and integration components.

04

Validate

Test configurations and document expected versus observed results.

05

Operationalize

Establish investigation procedures, evidence collection, and security-team handoffs.

06

Optimize

Improve control effectiveness, detection quality, and configuration consistency.

Principal-led specialist consultancy

Architecture expertise. Hands-on delivery.

Nathaniel Landry, Jr.

Principal Microsoft Purview & Fabric Architect / Engineer

Nathaniel brings 15+ years of technology delivery experience across enterprise information protection, cloud security, business intelligence, and engineering. His background includes Microsoft Purview, GCC and GCC High projects, enterprise DLP, and hands-on Fabric and Power BI consulting work.

He remains intentionally hands-on across requirements, architecture, implementation, testing, troubleshooting, stakeholder engagement, governance, documentation, and operational transition. His analytics experience includes Cognos, TM1, SQL, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake, and BI delivery automation through Azure DevOps.

NLCS is a principal-led practice, not a large staffing agency. Additional qualified consultant capacity is considered subject to availability, engagement fit, and client approval.

Direct enterprise consulting

Schedule a Purview Consultation

Tell us the environment, project stage, and outcome you need. Scope, success criteria, capacity, and terms are confirmed after consultation.

Consulting partner or federal prime? Discuss delivery support.

Prefer email? nat.landry@nlcs-inc.com

Scope, capacity, terms, and any implementation work are confirmed after consultation. For security, do not include CUI, passwords, or other sensitive information.