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When Two Fabric Reports Disagree: A Metric Drift Runbook
A triage runbook for disputed numbers in Fabric: check definition, timing, filters and logic in order, using time travel, snapshots and Semantic Link.
Data Governance
15 articles
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One Metric, One Home: Ownership Rules That Stop Drift in Fabric
How to stop metric drift in Fabric by giving every metric one home layer and one named owner, then enforcing both rules with schemas, grants and versions.
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Data Governance in Microsoft Fabric: Purview Integration and Compliance
Organizations struggle with data sprawl, unclear ownership, inconsistent definitions, and regulatory requirements. A unified governance approach addresses…
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Data Governance with Microsoft Purview: Implementing Data Lineage Tracking
Purview captures lineage automatically from supported sources and allows custom lineage submission via APIs. The lineage graph shows how data flows from…
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LLM-Drafted Data Dictionaries: Profile First, Describe Second
Draft column descriptions for an Azure SQL database with Azure OpenAI, grounded in profiling stats, reviewed by a data owner, then stored as MS_Description.
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Rolling Out a Data Mesh on Fabric: A Phased Plan for 2025
A phased plan for rolling out data mesh on Microsoft Fabric and Purview in early 2025: what to build first, what's still preview, and when to stop.
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Microsoft Purview and Fabric: Enterprise Data Governance
Microsoft Purview and Fabric integration is the enterprise governance story that matters most for regulated industries and large organisations where data…
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Data Lineage in Microsoft Fabric: Tracking Data Flow
Data lineage in Fabric — the ability to trace where a piece of data came from, what transformations it passed through, and what items depend on it — is…
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Azure Databricks Unity Catalog: Unified Data Governance for the Lakehouse
Unity Catalog provides a unified governance layer across all your Databricks workspaces. Metastore: The top-level container for all metadata. You create one…
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Data Governance in Azure Databricks: Policies, Practices, and Implementation
A complete governance framework addresses: Access Control : Who can access what data Data Quality : Ensuring data accuracy and completeness Data Lineage :…
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Azure Databricks Unity Catalog: Unified Data Governance at Scale
Unity Catalog solves these problems with a unified approach.
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Data Governance Best Practices: From Policy to Practice
Data governance in 2021 moved from documentation exercise to operational capability. Azure Purview provides the foundation; success depends on…
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Azure Databricks Workspace Management and Data Governance Best Practices
Databricks workspace governance was the problem nobody thought about until there were thirty workspaces, fifteen clusters running overnight, and six teams…
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Azure Purview Preview: Decisions to Make Before You Scan Everything
A practical plan for an Azure Purview preview pilot: account layout, access roles, scan credentials, classifications, glossary and how preview billing works.
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Azure Purview (Preview): Unified Data Governance
Microsoft announced Azure Purview at Ignite this week and the timing could not be better. Every consulting engagement I've been on this year has the same…