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A data and analytics governance platform is a set of integrated business and technology capabilities that help business leaders and users develop and manage a diverse set of governance policies and enforce those policies across business and data management systems. These platforms are unique from data management in that data management focuses on policy execution, whereas D&A platforms are used primarily by business roles — not only or even specifically IT roles — for policy management. Data and analytics (D&A) leaders who are investing in operationalizing and automating the work of D&A governance should evaluate this market. The work of D&A governance primarily includes policy setting and policy enforcement, and collaborates with data management (policy execution). Use cases are employed across numerous governance policy categories and multiple business scenarios and asset types (data, KPIs, analytics models). The intersection of use-case/business scenarios, policy categories and assets to be governed is then used to identify the technology capability. These capabilities may share similar names across policy categories, but may not mean the same thing, or may be used differently by various governance personas. For example, data classification in a data security implementation would be quite different from a data classification effort for creating trust models, which would be based on lineage and curation.

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Microsoft Purview Data Governance

Microsoft

IT Associate

solid foundation for data discovery and governance, especially in microsoft-centric envionments

50M - 250M USD

500M - 1B USD

<50M USD

250M - 500M USD

1B - 3B USD

30B + USD

Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees

10B - 30B USD

3B - 10B USD

Gov't/PS/ED 5,000 - 50,000 Employees

IT Security & Risk Management Associate

Hard to get in contact directly with Product Group, but good documentation

It Security & Risk Management Associate

Microsoft Purview Data Governance has made it easier for us to understand and manage our data in one place. The platform helps identify where data exists, who owns it and how it is being used across the organization.

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Favorable Review

Centralized Data Oversight Enhanced by Microsoft Purview Data Governance Platform

Critical Review

Smooth Integration With M365 Apps Acknowledged, Contact With Product Group Lacking

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