Data Product Owners

Learn how Data Product Owners provide accountability for governed data products in Microsoft Purview and work with Data Stewards on day-to-day governance.

Your Learning Journey

Data Product Owners are accountable for governed data products within their area of responsibility and help ensure those products have a clear purpose, ownership and appropriate governance.

In many real-world Microsoft Purview implementations, the Data Product Owner role provides the authority needed within Governance Domains, while much of the day-to-day curation and maintenance is delegated to Data Stewards. This learning journey therefore keeps Data Product Owners as a distinct Persona while sharing much of the practical learning with Data Stewards.

What federated governance gives you

Data Product Owners contribute purpose, value, access intent, priority and key decisions. In return, the framework gives clearer accountability, better visibility of demand and value, and fewer repetitive questions. The role helps prevent unowned data, inconsistent decisions and product drift.

Start Here

Begin with the core concepts, roles and responsibilities that shape this Microsoft Purview learning journey.

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.

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.

Discover

Explore the Microsoft Purview structures, information and capabilities most relevant to this role.

Governance Domains and Role Assignment

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

Governance Domain Types

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

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.

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.

Understand

Build practical understanding of the tasks, decisions and governance responsibilities this role performs in Microsoft Purview.

Creating and Managing Data Products

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

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.

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.

Data Product Access Policies

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

Ownership, Stewardship and Business Metadata

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Learning with Data SkyLab Studio

Follow practical Microsoft Purview and Data Governance learning from Data SkyLab Studio on YouTube.