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90-Day Federated Governance Proof of Value

A practical 90-day Proof of Value to test federated governance, Governance Domains, priority Data Products, the Data Dave journey and measurable business benefits before scaling.

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Access Requests, Approvals and Provisioning

Learn how Microsoft Purview access requests move through approval and provisioning, and where owner, steward and access-provider responsibilities sit.

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Adding Data Assets to a Data Product

Understand the permissions and governance checks needed when associating Data Map assets with a Microsoft Purview data product.

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Authentication, Managed Identity and Integration Runtime

Understand the authentication and connectivity choices that allow Microsoft Purview to reach and scan technical data sources securely.

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Azure Databricks Unity Catalog Scanning

Learn the key Microsoft Purview considerations for scanning Azure Databricks Unity Catalog metadata, scope and lineage.

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Business and Technical Metamodels in Microsoft Purview

Learn how Microsoft Purview separates business governance concepts from the technical asset model and how architecture connects the two.

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Classifications, Sensitivity and Technical Metadata

Learn how scanning, classifications and source metadata contribute to the technical governance context visible in Microsoft Purview.

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Creating and Managing Data Products

Learn the practical responsibilities involved in creating, maintaining and publishing governed data products in Microsoft Purview.

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Creating, Scheduling and Monitoring Data Map Scans

Learn the operational lifecycle of Microsoft Purview Data Map scans from configuration through scheduling, monitoring and troubleshooting.

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Critical Data Elements — Steward Curation

Learn how Data Stewards create, maintain and publish Critical Data Elements and connect them to glossary terms and governed data products.

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Data Architecture Professionals — Role & Responsibilities

Understand how Data Architecture Professionals connect business governance structures, technical data platforms, metadata, lineage and consumer-facing data products in Microsoft Purview.

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Data Assets

Learn how to explore data assets and use technical and governance metadata to understand the data behind a data product.

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Data Custodians — Role & Responsibilities

Understand the Data Custodian organisational Persona, the technical responsibilities it represents and the Microsoft Purview permissions commonly used to perform those tasks.

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Data Dave’s Data Journey — Part 1

Start Data Dave’s practical data consumer journey by seeing the current-state challenges people face when trying to find, understand, trust and access organisational data.

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Data Dave’s Data Journey — Part 2

See how an Enterprise Data Catalogue can give Data Consumers a connected, governed journey from discovery and understanding through trust, access and confident use.

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Data Estate Mappings — Align Business and Technical Architecture

Understand how Data Estate mappings connect Governance Domains to Data Map collections as architectural guidance without replacing technical permissions.

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Data Governance Business Case

Build an evidence-led Data Governance business case using local baselines, benefits realisation, costs, ROI, Benefit/Cost Ratio and payback period.

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Data Governance Professionals — Role & Responsibilities

Understand how Data Governance Professionals turn policy, accountability and operating models into practical Microsoft Purview governance structures.

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Data Health and Continuous Governance

Learn how Microsoft Purview Data Health controls, actions and reports turn governance into a measurable and continuous improvement process.

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Data Map Domains, Collections and Permission Inheritance

Understand how Data Map domains and collections organise sources and assets while providing hierarchical access-control boundaries.

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Data Map Sources, Collections and Technical Assets

Learn how registered sources, collections and scanned technical assets fit together in Microsoft Purview Data Map.

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Data Mesh and Governed Data Democratisation

Understand how federated Data Governance supports data mesh principles and governed data democratisation without treating either as unrestricted decentralisation or open access.

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Data Product Access Policies

Understand how data product access policies support governed access requests and where Data Product Owner permissions are required.

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Data Product Lifecycle — Draft, Published and Expired

Learn how Microsoft Purview data products move through Draft, Published and Expired states and what owners and stewards should check at each stage.

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Data Product Owners and Data Stewards — Roles & Responsibilities

Understand the difference between Data Product Owner accountability and Data Steward day-to-day governance work in Microsoft Purview.

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Data Products and Data Assets — Logical to Physical Architecture

Learn how data products provide a logical consumer-facing use case while Data Map assets represent the underlying physical or platform-specific data.

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Data Quality Responsibilities for Data Products

Understand how Data Product Owners and Data Stewards use data quality evidence while specialist Data Quality Steward permissions control quality operations.

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Enterprise Data Catalogue Architecture with Unified Catalog and Data Map

Understand how Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog and Data Map can contribute to an enterprise data catalogue capability without treating the EDC as a single product.

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Enterprise Glossary

Use the Enterprise Glossary to understand business terms, definitions and shared meaning when discovering and using data.

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Federated Data Governance

A Data SkyLab Studio framework for federated, outcome-led Data Governance: domain ownership, enterprise guardrails, Data Products, governed self-service and measurable value.

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Federated Governance Operating Model

Understand central, domain and shared decision rights in a federated governance operating model, including how Governance Domain design should follow ownership policy.

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Federated Governance with Governance Domains

Understand how Governance Domains support federated data governance by delegating ownership and curation to business-aligned areas.

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For Sponsors and Leaders

A sponsor pathway for approving, resourcing and measuring federated Data Governance — including mandate, capacity, evidence and the 90-day Proof of Value.

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Glossary Terms and OKRs for Data Stewards

Learn how Data Stewards create and maintain glossary terms and OKRs to add shared business meaning and outcome context in Unified Catalog.

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Governance Domains, Administration and Data Estate Mappings

Understand the administrator’s role in Governance Domains and how Data Estate mappings connect business governance boundaries to Data Map collections.

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Governance Domains and Role Assignment

Learn how Governance Domains provide the boundary for ownership, stewardship, data products and other business concepts in Microsoft Purview.

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Governance Domains, Data Map Domains and Collections — Different Boundaries

Understand why Unified Catalog Governance Domains and Data Map domains or collections serve different architectural purposes and should not automatically mirror each other.

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Governance Domain Types

Understand the five Microsoft Purview Governance Domain types and how to choose the right descriptor for a business-aligned governance boundary.

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Governance Operating Model — Roles, Decision Rights and Delegation

Learn how to map governance accountability, decision rights and delegated work to Microsoft Purview roles and scopes.

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Governance Outcomes — OKRs, Critical Data and Data Products

Learn how OKRs, Critical Data Elements and Data Products connect governance activity to business value, priority and measurable outcomes.

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Lineage as Architectural Evidence

Understand how architects use Microsoft Purview lineage for dependency analysis, impact assessment and provenance while accounting for connector coverage and gaps.

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Measuring Data Governance Success

Measure implementation, adoption and value through the consumer journey, OKRs, long-term KPIs, benefits realisation and the Data Governance Value Chain.

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Microsoft Purview Administrators — Role & Responsibilities

Understand what Microsoft Purview Administrators are responsible for and how their permissions differ from governance, source and Data Map roles.

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Microsoft Purview Alignment for Federated Governance

Map the federated governance operating model to Microsoft Purview Governance Domains, Data Products, glossary terms, OKRs, CDEs, Data Quality, health controls, access and Data Map.

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Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog & Data Map Explained

Understand how Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog and Data Map work together to support an Enterprise Data Catalogue, from scanning and technical metadata through business governance, discovery and trusted use.

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Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog: Enterprise and Local Glossary Terms Governance Model

Read a practical Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog model for adding semantic business meaning to technical metadata, governing enterprise and local terminology, and reusing authoritative Glossary Terms at scale.

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Ownership, Stewardship and Business Metadata

Learn how owners and stewards keep business metadata, contacts, descriptions and governance context complete and useful for data consumers.

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Purview and Platform Catalogues — Azure Databricks Unity Catalog

Understand how Microsoft Purview can sit above or alongside platform catalogues such as Azure Databricks Unity Catalog in a wider enterprise governance architecture.

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Role Assignment and Least Privilege

Learn how to delegate Microsoft Purview roles at the correct scope while avoiding unnecessary tenant, domain or collection-level permissions.

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Searching for Data Products

Learn how to find data products in Microsoft Purview using keyword search and Natural Language search.

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Source and Scan Administration — Shared Responsibility

Understand how Purview Administrators, Data Source Administrators and Data Custodians divide responsibility for registered sources and scanning operations.

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Source Registration and Scan Scope

Understand how to register a data source in Data Map and decide what technical scope Purview should scan.

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Technical Lineage and Lineage Completeness

Understand how technical lineage reaches Microsoft Purview and why complete source coverage matters when consumers rely on lineage evidence.

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The Five Unified Catalog Business Concepts

Learn how Governance Domains, Data Products, Critical Data Elements, Glossary Terms and OKRs form the core business concepts in Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog.

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Understanding a Data Product as a Data Consumer

Learn how to assess a data product’s purpose, ownership, stewardship, quality, lineage, access and suitability before using it.

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Understanding the Microsoft Purview Permission Model

Learn how tenant-level roles, Unified Catalog permissions and Data Map domain or collection permissions work together in Microsoft Purview.

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What is an Enterprise Data Catalogue (EDC)?

Understand what an Enterprise Data Catalogue is, how it differs from a basic Data Catalogue, and how metadata, ownership, quality, lineage and access context help people discover and trust organisational data.

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Why Data Governance Is Worth the Effort

Explain the practical value of Data Governance to consumers, owners, stewards, custodians, governance teams and leaders — including the recurring cost of doing nothing.

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