Microsoft Purview · Tenant-Level Governance
Data Catalog Curators
Tenant-level role group to perform create, read, modify, and delete actions on catalog data objects and establish relationships between objects in the classic Data Catalog.
Scope: Organization-wide catalog curation access across all collections and domains
Permissions
- Create, read, modify, and delete catalog data objects across all collections
- Establish relationships between objects in the classic Data Catalog
- Manage business glossary terms and definitions organization-wide
- Apply and manage classifications on assets across the entire catalog
- Configure custom classifications and classification rules
- Curate metadata and annotations across all data sources
- Access Data Map Reader and Writer capabilities
- Manage asset lineage and data relationships
Common use cases
- Enterprise-wide data stewardship and metadata management
- Building organization-wide business glossaries and taxonomies
- Cross-domain data classification and governance standardization
- Centralized metadata curation for large data estates
- Implementing consistent data governance practices across business units
- Managing enterprise data catalog for self-service analytics
Best practices
- Assign to senior data stewards responsible for enterprise-wide governance
- Limit to 5-15 people to maintain metadata quality and consistency
- Coordinate with Collection-level Data Curators for local expertise
- Establish glossary and classification standards before broad curation
- Document curation decisions and maintain audit trail
- Regular review of catalog quality and coverage metrics
- Use this role for cross-domain standardization efforts
Security considerations
- Broad access to modify metadata across entire catalog
- Can affect classifications that drive DLP and access policies
- Changes impact discoverability and data governance posture
- Should maintain separation from data access roles
- Monitor for unauthorized metadata modifications
- Coordinate with Information Protection on sensitivity labels