Detailed Course Outline
1. Welcome & Introduction (5 minutes)
- Welcome participants and introduce the trainer
- Outline training objectives and session structure
- Share key use cases for data discovery and cataloging
2. Overview of Purview Data Catalog (15 minutes)
- What is Purview Data Catalog?
- Key features and benefits
- User roles and permissions
- Overview of Microsoft Purview within the Microsoft Intelligent Data Platform
- Purpose of the Unified Data Catalog for business users
- Benefits: data discovery, self-service analytics, improved data trust and governance
3. Navigating the Purview Data Catalog (15 minutes)
- User interface walkthrough
- Key sections and functionalities
- Customizing your workspace
- Demonstration: Navigating the Purview portal
4. Searching for Data (15 minutes)
- Basic search techniques
- Advanced search options
- Filtering and sorting results
- Demonstration: Finding specific datasets using search, filters, and glossary terms
- Demonstration: Using advanced search options to refine results
5. Understanding Data Context & Lineage (20 minutes)
- Exploring data lineage diagrams to trace upstream and downstream flows
- Recognizing data sensitivity and classification details
- Viewing related assets and understanding relationships
- Demonstration: Exploring data lineage and understanding metadata
- Demonstration: Viewing related assets and their relationships
6. Creating and Collaborating on Data Products (20 minutes)
- What are data products?
- Steps to create a data product
- Best practices for data product creation
- Adding descriptions and glossary terms to improve asset context
- Setting asset contacts and stewardship roles
- Organizing data into collections and requesting access
- Demonstration: Creating and managing a data product
- Demonstration: Adding descriptions and glossary terms
7. Managing and Sharing Data Products (20 minutes)
- Editing and updating data products
- Sharing data products with others
- Setting permissions and access controls
- Demonstration: Managing and sharing a data product
- Demonstration: Setting permissions and access controls
8. Wrap-Up & Live Q&A (10 minutes)
- Recap of key takeaways from the session
- Open Q&A via Microsoft Teams chat or moderated audio
- Share next steps and resources (on-demand link, support contacts, job aids)