Data Consumers

Data consumers are people who need to find, understand and use data to support decisions, analysis, reporting or day-to-day work.

Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog and Data Map help data consumers discover trusted data products and data assets, understand their business meaning, identify ownership and stewardship, review lineage and data quality, and determine whether the data is suitable for their needs.

This learning journey explains the core concepts and then shows how to discover and understand data using Microsoft Purview, including searching for data products, exploring data assets and using the Enterprise Glossary.

What federated governance gives you

Data Consumers are asked to use the governed catalogue first, provide feedback and use data responsibly. In return, the federated model is designed to reduce repeated searching and misinterpretation, make meaning and ownership clearer, expose trust evidence and provide a clearer route to appropriate access.