Julie Strauss. This session introduces the newest services in the Cortana Analytics family. The Azure Data Catalog is an enterprise-wide metadata catalog that enables self-service data source discovery. Data Catalog is a fully managed service that stores, describes, indexes, and provides information on how to access any registered data source in your organization. This session presents an overview of the Data Catalog and how – by using it to register, enrich, discover, understand and consume data sources – you can close the gap between those seeking information and those creating it.

3. Users spend more time looking for data,
than they do analyzing it
Data is sitting in multiple sources,
but no insight into which data sits where
Need data consumption in multiple different tools, but no
common way of enabling discovery and access to data sources across them
Many different data ecosystems, but no way to share data artifacts across them
Users are busy re-producing data assets that already exist
Do You Recognize Any of These Challenges?

4. What is Azure Data Catalog?
An enterprise-wide catalog in Azure that enables self-
service discovery of data from any source
A metadata repository that allow users to register,
annotate, discover, understand, and consume data
sources

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8. How is Azure Data Catalog Different?
Annotation crowdsourcing
Empowering any user to capture and share
their knowledge about data sources and
their usage
Data source discovery
One-stop shop for all enterprise data sources
No data movement or heavy up-front investment
Time to value in minutes
Consumption through any tool
Enabling publishing, discovery and consumption
of data sources through your tool of choice
Data from any source
Cloud and on-premises data sources
Structured and unstructured data sources
Microsoft and non-Microsoft data sources

9. Publish
Understand
Discover
Enrich Analyze
Govern
What Can I Do With It?
Register Data Sources Browse -Search Apply Policies -Control Access
Categorize –
Annotate
Get context –Identify Intent Track and monitor usage
Publisher Consumer IT Admin
Extend
Use open REST APIs to integrate data publishing and discovery into existing applications and processes

10. Interested in Providing Feedback?
Contact: Julie.Strauss@Microsoft.com
Interested in Trying it out?
Go to: AzureDataCatalog.Com

14. The Enterprise Data
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DATA PRODUCERS
• Refine
• Combine
• Produce
• Annotate
• Share
• Discover
• Understand
• Connect
• Consume
INFORMATION CONSUMERS
IT ADMIN
• Secure
• Monitor
• Operationalize
• Provision
• Configure
• Certify
• Categorize
• View usage analytics and feedback
DATA STEWARDS
• Discover
• Combine
• Clean
• Annotate
• Publish/Share
The Public Data
Publish
Discover
Enrich
Understand
Analyze
Enabling the Entire Enterprise Data EcosystemFostering a collaborative virtuous cycle for the Data Value Chain