digital evidence

Digital evidence management is a critical concern for legal technologists, compliance officers, and IT teams, especially as organizations transition to cloud-based platforms. Microsoft Purview eDiscovery is undergoing a major overhaul in 2025, introducing new architecture, interface, and workflows for handling digital evidence across Microsoft 365. This transformation brings both efficiencies and transition challenges for professionals overseeing legal discovery. Additionally, traditional computer forensics techniques must adapt to cloud environments, with scalable infrastructure solutions needed to access and investigate digital evidence in cloud-based systems. These discussions highlight the evolving landscape of digital evidence collection, preservation, and analysis in enterprise IT and legal contexts.