Discovering Azure Purview
With the Azure Purview preview, Microsoft introduces the first wave of data governance tools. You will find modules for the following:
- Data scanning and cataloging and search
- Data classification and glossary
- Data lineage including Data Factory/Synapse pipelines and Power BI
- Metadata insights
Purview integrates with Synapse in a way that you can use the Purview search functionality within the Synapse workspace. The search results can be used by a Synapse developer, for example, to start a SQL script or a Spark Notebook just in the same way as you would do from the Data Lake browser in the Synapse workspace. Remember what you saw in Chapter 10, Loading the Presentation Layer?
Microsoft is not only targeting data governance; it also aims to improve developers' productivity and experience.
Provisioning the service
But let's start with the service and provision it first:
- Please go to the Azure portal and type...
