Microsoft Purview Data Governance Solution to Launch on September 1

Published: Jul 17, 2024

Cloud Computing

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Key Takeaways:

  • Microsoft’s Purview Data Governance solution tackles challenges in data management, including quality control, security, and compliance with regulations.
  • The solution integrates AI capabilities to enhance data visibility and management, offering intuitive tools like natural language queries for ease of use.
  • New features include Copilot for enterprise catalog management and deeper integration with Microsoft Fabric, promising expanded data modeling and management capabilities.

Microsoft has announced that the new Purview Data Governance solution will become generally available on September 1. This new AI-powered offering is designed to help enterprise customers address governance and security challenges.

Organizations face several challenges when implementing data governance solutions, such as maintaining consistent data quality, ensuring security, and complying with regulations. This process also includes time-consuming manual tasks like data classification, metadata management, and compliance reporting.

Microsoft emphasized that the launch of its new Purview Data Governance solution is part of its ongoing efforts to tackle issues in data management and AI deployment. The service introduces AI-powered features that enhance data visibility and management, allowing users to interact with data governance tools using natural language queries.

Microsoft Purview Data Governance Solution Launch on September 1
AI-powered data discovery in Microsoft Purview Data Governance (Image Credits: Microsoft)

Additionally, the Purview Data Governance solution offers a business-friendly browsing experience in the Data Catalog. It reduces the need for fragmented point solutions many enterprise customers have deployed in their data management strategy. This new offering centralizes labeling, audit logging, data classification, lineage, and management over multiple platforms.

“This experience is designed to help today’s data leaders solve their key governance and security challenges in an AI-powered, business-friendly, and unified solution. Since the service launch in early April 2024, usage has skyrocketed by more than 400%, with more than 1,500 commercial entities actively participating in data governance activities,” said Rohan Kumar, CVP for Microsoft Security Platform, Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Priva.

New features coming to Microsoft Purview Data Governance

Microsoft has also announced several new capabilities coming to its Purview Data Governance solution in September. The company will introduce a preview of new Copilot capabilities within the Data Governance experience. It will help data professionals in creating enterprise catalogs as well as discovering, curating, and managing their data.

Furthermore, the Microsoft Purview Data Governance solution is enhancing its integration with Microsoft Fabric. This update enables customers to generate custom reports using Fabric data and scan any Fabric-supported data within Microsoft Purview. Microsoft has also forged new partnerships with ER Studio and RELTIO to bolster capabilities in data modeling and management.

Microsoft advises customers to access the new Purview Data Governance solution in preview through the Microsoft Purview portal. If you’re interested, we invite you to check out this support page to learn more about how to get started with the new data governance experience in Microsoft Purview.

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