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Azure Purview Microsoft Purview

Legacy names Azure Purview, Azure Data Catalog (Gen 1)

Unified data governance, data cataloging, lineage tracking, risk management, and compliance platform across hybrid and multicloud estates.

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  1. Azure Data Catalog (Gen 1)

    · Initial Launch

    First-generation enterprise metadata catalog on Microsoft.DataCatalog/catalogs (retired May 15, 2024).

  2. Azure Purview

    · Public Preview & Next-Gen Architecture

    Next-generation automated data discovery, lineage, and Apache Atlas-compatible data map launched in preview (GA September 28, 2021).

  3. Microsoft PurviewCurrent name

    · Unified Brand & Portfolio Rebrand

    Azure Purview and Microsoft 365 Compliance unified under the Microsoft Purview brand.

What is Azure Purview called now?

Azure Purview is now called Microsoft Purview, with the latest change on 19 April 2022 (Unified Brand & Portfolio Rebrand). Earlier names covered by this entry also include Azure Data Catalog (Gen 1). Unified data governance, data cataloging, lineage tracking, risk management, and compliance platform across hybrid and multicloud estates. Only the customer-facing name changed; the underlying technical identifiers remain backward compatible.

Also known as

  • Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog
  • Microsoft Purview Data Map
  • Microsoft 365 Compliance

Technical identifiers

Technical identifiers unchanged. Only the customer-facing product name changed; the APIs, CLI commands, IAM roles and Terraform resources below keep their legacy identifiers for backward compatibility.

ARM Resource Providers (Microsoft.*)Microsoft.Purview/accounts Microsoft.DataCatalog/catalogs (retired)
Azure CLI (az) / PowerShellaz purview az purview account
Entra ID / Azure RBAC RolesPurview Data Reader Purview Data Curator Purview Data Source Administrator
Terraform Resources (azurerm_*)azurerm_purview_account

Microsoft.Purview/accounts, az purview, and azurerm_purview_account remain the active provisioning identifiers for Microsoft Purview governance resources, while legacy Microsoft.DataCatalog/catalogs was retired in May 2024.

Notes & disambiguation

  • Launched as Azure Data Catalog (Gen 1) in 2015 (retired May 15, 2024) and succeeded by Azure Purview (public preview December 2020, GA September 28, 2021).
  • On April 19, 2022, Microsoft rebranded Azure Purview to Microsoft Purview, combining Azure data governance (Data Map and Unified Catalog) with the Microsoft 365 Compliance portfolio under a single brand and portal experience.
  • Underlying Azure Resource Manager resources (Microsoft.Purview/accounts), Azure CLI commands (az purview), Azure RBAC data-plane roles (Purview Data Reader, Purview Data Curator, Purview Data Source Administrator), and Terraform resources (azurerm_purview_account) remain active and backward-compatible.

Sources & official documentation

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