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RSS feedJuly 2021
Public preview: Scan and view lineage of data stored in Erwin Mart, Google BigQuery and Looker using Azure Purview
Azure Purview now supports automated scanning from Erwin, BigQuery and Looker soureces to extract schema and lineage between data.
Now available: Azure Purview product glossary
The Azure Purview product glossary provides comprehensive set of product terms and definitions used in Azure Purview features and functionality.
May 2021
Public preview: Scan and view lineage of data stored in Hive Metastore Database using Azure Purview
Azure Purview now supports automated scanning from a Hive Metastore Database to extract schema and lineage between data.
Azure Purview now supports Private Endpoints in public preview
Add a layer of security and network isolation to your Purview account.
April 2021
Public preview: Azure Purview is now available in the UK South and Australia East region
Azure Purview is now available in public preview in the Australia East and UK South region. You can now provision Azure Purview accounts in these regions as a public preview offering.
Azure Purview resource set pattern rules available in public preview
Azure Purview is announcing the public preview of resource set pattern rules. A resource set is a single object in the data catalog that represents a large number of assets in storage. Resource set pattern rules allow you to customize or override how Azure Purview detects which assets are grouped as resource sets and how they are displayed within the catalog.
Public preview: Azure Purview is now available in the Central India region
Azure Purview is now available in public preview in the Central India region. You can now provision Azure Purview accounts in these regions as a public preview offering.
March 2021
Public preview: Azure Purview Bulk Edit enhancements
Azure Purview's bulk editing capability for data assets now supports classifications and contacts along with glossary terms.
Public preview: Azure Purview Resource Set configuration enhancements
You can now customize how Azure Purview Data Catalog assets are grouped into resource sets and are named as well.
Public preview: Register Azure subscriptions and Resource Groups with Azure Purview
Manage your data with greater ease by using Azure Purview to register multiple sources at the same time.
Public preview: Scan and classify Amazon AWS S3 data using Azure Purview
Extend your Azure Purview Data Map to include multicloud data sources - Azure and Amazon AWS with this feature, now in public preview.
Public preview: Azure Purview Data Catalog now supports hierarchical glossary
Enable data consumers to better interpret the business context associated with business vocabulary to maximize the business value of data.
Public preview: Azure Purview powered search in Azure Synapse Analytics workspaces
Enable effortless discovery of trustworthy, valuable data with an Azure Purview powered search within Synapse Studio.
Scan and view lineage of data stored in Teradata, SAP ERP, and Oracle DB using Azure Purview
Azure Purview now provides automated scanning and lineage for SAP ECC, SAP S4/HANA and Oracle DB in public preview.
February 2021
Azure Purview available in public preview in South Central US and Canada Central
Azure Purview is now available in the South Central US and Canada Central Azure regions. You can now provision Azure Purview accounts in these regions as a public preview offering.
December 2020
Microsoft Azure Purview provides unified data governance
Announcing the public preview of a unified data governance service to maximize business value of data.
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