Purview for Data Governance

Numerous organizations are needing to establish data governance processes, standards, and methodologies and have been able to do this with on-premises SQL Server tools such as Master Data Services. However, there has been a major gap in the Azure space for such data governance products. Previously, Microsoft has attempted to bring data governance to Azure through hosting an MDS database on an Azure managed instance or through Azure Data Catalog, which hasn’t really been a full-fledged data governance product. Azure Purview is a cloud-based data governance product that is used to centrally manage data governance across your data estate, spanning both cloud and on-premises environments.