Microsoft Purview · Unified Catalog Governance
Governance Domain Owner
Delegate all governance domain permissions, configure data quality alerts, set schedules, and manage access policies.
Scope: Full administrative access within assigned governance domain
Permissions
- Delegate all governance domain roles (Data Product Owner, Data Steward, etc.)
- Configure domain-level data quality scan alerts
- Set up domain-level schedule for data quality scanning jobs
- Set domain-level access policies
- Manage domain settings and configuration
- Oversee all data products and assets within domain
- Full administrative control within assigned domain
Common use cases
- VP of Sales owning Sales data governance domain
- Finance Director managing Finance domain
- Chief Marketing Officer overseeing Marketing domain
- Product leadership governing Product domain
- Domain architects managing data mesh domains
- Establishing federated governance with clear ownership
Best practices
- Assign to business leaders accountable for domain data
- Should delegate day-to-day work to Data Product Owners and Stewards
- At least 2 domain owners per domain for coverage
- Regular review of domain health and quality metrics
- Set clear data quality standards and SLAs for domain
- Coordinate with Data Map domain administrators
- Establish approval workflows for data product publication
- Document domain governance policies and standards
Security considerations
- Full control within domain - highest domain-level privilege
- Can delegate sensitive roles to others
- Should not be IT-only role - needs business accountability
- Domain owners define access policies affecting data access
- Assign to senior business leaders with proven judgment