What’s New in Enterprise Vault

The latest release of Enterprise Vault® Complete helps you reduce risk, simplify operations, and unlock more value from your data—without sacrificing control.

Available on May 11, 2026, this release delivers enhancements across user experience, security, performance, and ecosystem support—so your teams can move faster while staying compliant.

More control. Less risk. Faster outcomes

Latest Release Highlights

This release introduces modernized workflows, stronger security, simplified upgrades, and expanded data coverage—helping organizations improve compliance while reducing operational overhead.

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Modern Experience

Work faster with a modern, simplified experience

Modernized interfaces and web-based tools help teams act quickly and confidently across compliance and discovery workflows.

New Features:

  • Web-based Discovery Accelerator client
  • Modernized Data Insight workspace
  • Visual dashboard for unstructured data intelligence

Security & Governance

Reduce risk with stronger security and governance

Built-in hardening, continuous updates, and improved controls strengthen your compliance posture without adding complexity.

New Features:

  • Comprehensive hardening and security enhancements
  • Ongoing quarterly security updates
  • Improved license management and compliance controls
  • Elasticsearch 8.x upgrade planned for an upcoming release

Simplified Operations

Cut operational overhead and simplify upgrades

Skip-version upgrades, performance improvements, and analytics reduce effort and accelerate modernization.

New Features:

  • Skip version upgrade support
  • Performance and scalability improvements
  • Product usage analytics

Expanded Data Coverage

Extend governance across your data estate

Capture AI interactions and expand support across modern platforms to improve visibility and reduce risk.

New Features:

  • Capture of AI interactions
  • Data Insight support for Pure Storage and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
  • Expanded platform support

Key Capabilities Driving Impact

Built for organizations that require powerful compliance and governance capabilities with complete control over their environments.

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Browser-based Discovery Accelerator

Access Discovery Accelerator securely from any browser, no dependency on underlying OS.

Benefit:
Faster access for legal and compliance teams, simplified deployments, and reduced IT overhead.

Data Insight, redesigned for action

A modern workspace designed for high-impact governance workflows.

Benefit:
Security and data owners can quickly identify risks, take action, and improve data posture without friction.

Actionable intelligence - not just raw data

Transform raw metadata and access logs into a centralized, visual dashboard.

Benefit:
Make faster, smarter decisions about storage, risk, and governance - while reducing costs tied to ROT data.

API-driven eDiscovery workflows

Automate case creation and management through enhanced APIs.

Benefit:
Integrate seamlessly with legal systems and eliminate manual, time-consuming processes.

Smarter license management

Simplified license handling with proactive notifications.

Benefit:
Avoid compliance gaps and service interruptions - while reducing administrative effort.

Faster, lower-risk upgrades

Skip-version upgrades eliminate unnecessary steps.

Benefit:
Modernize your environment faster with less disruption and lower cost.

Frequently Asked Questions

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What’s included in the latest Enterprise Vault release?

This release introduces enhancements across the Enterprise Vault portfolio, including Enterprise Vault, eDiscovery Platform, Data Insight, Discovery Accelerator, and Surveillance.

Key enhancements include browser-based Discovery Accelerator access, redesigned Data Insight experiences, expanded API-driven workflows, enhanced security and governance capabilities, improved scalability, simplified upgrades, and expanded support for modern platforms and AI-driven environments.

The release is focused on helping organizations reduce operational complexity while improving governance visibility, performance, and long-term platform stability.

Why should customers upgrade to this release?

Organizations are facing growing pressure to modernize governance operations while managing increasing compliance complexity, security expectations, and AI-driven data growth.

This release helps customers:

  • Accelerate investigations and discovery workflows
  • Strengthen governance and compliance readiness
  • Reduce operational and administrative overhead
  • Improve scalability and performance
  • Simplify modernization initiatives
  • Expand governance visibility into modern collaboration and AI environments

Customers also benefit from continued platform hardening and an ongoing quarterly security update cadence designed to support evolving enterprise security requirements.

How does this release improve governance and compliance workflows?

The release modernizes key governance and discovery experiences to help teams work faster and more efficiently.

Enhancements include:

  • Browser-based Discovery Accelerator access
  • Redesigned Data Insight workspaces
  • Improved dashboards for unstructured data intelligence
  • Expanded API-driven eDiscovery workflows

These updates help organizations streamline investigations, simplify case management, reduce manual administration, and improve access to actionable governance insights across distributed environments.

What security and platform hardening improvements are included?

Security and governance readiness remain a major focus of this release. Enterprise Vault continues to invest in platform hardening and operational resilience to help organizations stay ahead of evolving compliance and security requirements.

This release includes:

  • Comprehensive security and hardening improvements
  • Ongoing quarterly security update support
  • Enhanced license management and compliance controls
  • Continued investment in long-term platform stability

Together, these enhancements help reduce operational risk, improve governance confidence, and support more resilient compliance operations.

How does this release simplify upgrades and administration?

This release introduces several improvements designed to reduce friction during modernization and ongoing administration.

Highlights include:

  • Skip-version upgrade support from Enterprise Vault 14.x directly to EV 16
  • Performance and scalability improvements
  • Product usage analytics
  • Proactive license management notifications

These enhancements help reduce downtime, simplify upgrade planning, improve operational visibility, and lower administrative overhead for enterprise teams managing large-scale environments.

What new AI governance capabilities are included?

As organizations increasingly adopt AI-powered collaboration tools, Enterprise Vault continues expanding governance coverage for AI-generated and AI-assisted content.

This release introduces support for the capture and governance of AI interactions from tools including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot.

These capabilities help organizations improve visibility into emerging AI data sources, strengthen governance strategies, and better manage compliance risks associated with AI-assisted communications and workflows.

What new platform and infrastructure support is included?

The latest release expands support for modern enterprise infrastructure and collaboration environments to help organizations govern data wherever it resides.

Expanded support includes:

  • Windows Server 2025
  • SharePoint Subscription Edition (SE)
  • Domino 14
  • Pure Storage support within Data Insight
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure support within Data Insight

Planned support for Elasticsearch 8.x is targeted for an upcoming release.

How does this release improve scalability and operational efficiency?

The release includes multiple enhancements designed to improve platform performance and operational scalability across enterprise environments.

Customers benefit from:

  • Improved system scalability and responsiveness
  • Enhanced operational visibility through analytics
  • Streamlined governance workflows
  • Reduced administrative complexity
  • Faster access to governance and discovery insights

These improvements help organizations manage growing data volumes more efficiently while maintaining governance consistency and operational control.

Is Enterprise Vault still designed for customer-controlled environments?

Yes. Enterprise Vault continues to be purpose-built for organizations that require deep governance, compliance, and discovery capabilities within environments they control.

This release reinforces that foundation by delivering stronger operational visibility, improved governance intelligence, enhanced scalability, and continued deployment flexibility for complex enterprise environments.

Organizations can modernize governance operations while maintaining control over their infrastructure, data management strategies, and compliance processes.

How can customers learn more or begin planning their upgrade?

Customers interested in upgrading should engage with their Enterprise Vault representative or trusted partner to review deployment considerations, platform compatibility, and modernization opportunities.

Organizations can also explore the latest release documentation, upgrade guidance, and release resources to better understand how the new capabilities align with their governance, compliance, and operational priorities.

Now is the time to modernize governance workflows, strengthen compliance readiness, and take advantage of the latest Enterprise Vault innovations designed for today’s evolving data landscape.

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