Microsoft Purview in Azure
Microsoft Purview in Azure (previously called Azure Purview) is a unified data governance solution that can be used across Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) applications, multi-clouds, and on-premises data locations.
Microsoft Purview in Azure enables you to gain insights and stay informed on your distributed data landscape through the following features:
- Data discovery automation
- Mapping of an entire data estate
- Classification of sensitive data
- Lineage of data end to end
- Data storage and usage insights
- Data access management at scale
- Data security environment
The target audience is data producers, data consumers, and data officers.
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You can find more information on data governance solutions at https://packt.link/TmZbd.
You learned in this section how Microsoft Purview relates to Azure through its data governance solution capabilities. Next, you will look at Azure Policy.
