Everyday collection alongside formal compliance discovery.
Microsoft Purview provides compliance and eDiscovery workflows, including capabilities for holds and review that depend on your licensing and configuration. Sightline offers a desktop collection workflow for SharePoint content you can access, your own OneDrive and your own mailbox. It does not replace Purview legal holds, custodian-wide discovery or compliance review.
Available discovery and review capabilities depend on your Microsoft subscription and configuration. Assess requirements with your administrator.
Search, filter, preview and open for free. License the operators collecting content after the explicit collection trial; Microsoft access permissions still apply.
Use your Microsoft compliance configuration and retention requirements to assess storage, review and export options.
Content processing runs on your desktop using Microsoft APIs. Local ZIPs and reports are outside Microsoft 365; there is no Sightline-hosted content proxy.
Use the applicable case, review and export tools for your formal discovery process.
Connect sources separately, search and save selected content in a local ZIP without tenant write access. Library copying is a separate explicit opt-in, with destination confirmation.
An administrator configures appropriate compliance roles and access for the discovery workflow.
Choose independent read connections; your organisation may still require admin approval. Basic My OneDrive uses Files.Read; advanced indexed/KQL mode separately requests Files.Read.All.
Three reasons to use Sightline for everyday gathering.
Discover free; pay for collection.
Review accessible SharePoint content and your own mailbox and OneDrive for free. Try collection on a real task before buying; this is not tenant-wide mailbox discovery.
Start with reading, not writing.
Save selected documents and messages as a local ZIP with source read access. Enable destination copying only if you need it, and management only to create libraries or change columns.
Built for scale, safely in the background.
Parallel workers, throttling-aware pacing and run records support collection work. Access remains bounded by the reviewer's permissions and explicitly connected sources.
Prove it on your own tenant.
Free discovery. Explicit 21-day, 500-operation collection trial. No card required.
Microsoft, Microsoft 365, SharePoint and Purview are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Sightline 365 is an independent product and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Microsoft. Check current Microsoft guidance and your administrator for exact licensing, capabilities and costs; tenant entitlements vary. Spotted something out of date? Let us know.