What is Microsoft Purview and what is it for?
Microsoft Purview is a tool that helps businesses take better care of their data. Imagine that a company's data is like books in a giant library. Purview helps you organize that library, find important information, and protect sensitive data.
Data Mapping: Knowing Your "Data Library"
Think of data mapping as making a map of your library. Purview helps:
1. Discover: Find all the "books" (data) that the company has.
2. Classify: Organize the "books" by subject or type.
3. Labeling: Putting labels on the "books" to know what they contain.
This helps the company to:
- Know what data it has
- Find information quickly
- Protect important data, such as customers' personal information
Domains and collections: Organizing your "library"
Domains and collections are like the sections and shelves of our data library:
- Domains: These are the large sections of the library. For example, "Finance", "Human Resources" or "Marketing".
- Collections: These are the shelves within each section. They can be used to organize data by smaller projects or departments.
This organization helps to:
- Find data more easily
- Control who can access each type of information
Data sources: Where the "books" come fromData
can come from many different places, such as:
- Databases
- Files on computers
- Cloud storage systems
Purview helps connect all of these sources, creating a complete map of where all the company's data is.
Resource Scanning: Keeping the "Library" Up to Date
Scanning is like a robot librarian who regularly checks all the "books":
1. He looks inside each "book" (or database) to see what's there.
2. Identifies important or sensitive information.
3. Updates the library's "catalog" so everyone knows what has changed.
For example, in an Azure SQL database (a type of Microsoft data store), Purview can:
- See all tables and columns
- Identify personal data that needs extra
protection- Show how data moves and changes within the company
This helps the company:
- Keep its data organized
- Protect important
information- Follow data protection rules