Microsoft Purview · Tenant-Level Governance
Data Estate Insights Readers
Tenant-level role group providing read-only access to all insights reports across platforms and providers in the classic Data Catalog.
Scope: Read-only access to all Data Estate Insights across the entire organization
Permissions
- View all Data Estate Insights reports organization-wide
- Access insights across all platforms and data providers
- View asset distribution and classification analytics
- Access sensitivity labeling reports and coverage metrics
- View scan history and metadata ingestion statistics
- Access glossary term usage and adoption insights
- Read Data Map objects and metadata
- Export insights reports for governance reporting
Common use cases
- Executive dashboards for data governance program health
- Board and audit committee reporting on data estate posture
- Compliance reporting on classification and labeling coverage
- Management visibility into catalog adoption and usage
- External auditors reviewing data governance maturity
- Data governance program metrics and KPI tracking
Best practices
- Assign broadly to executives and stakeholders needing governance visibility
- Use for regular governance program health reporting
- Generate monthly or quarterly insights reports for leadership
- Combine with Power BI for custom executive dashboards
- Share insights with business unit leaders to drive catalog adoption
- Use during audits to demonstrate governance maturity
Security considerations
- Read-only access with no modification capabilities
- Insights may reveal organizational data governance gaps
- Safe for external auditors during assessments
- Cannot access underlying sensitive data content
- Aggregate metrics only - no individual asset modification