SC-900 Practice Question: Describe the concepts of security, compliance, and identity
A company is designing a data governance strategy using Microsoft Purview. They need to allow data owners to define custom attributes for data assets and control who can access those assets. Which Purview feature should they use?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Microsoft Purview Data Catalog
Microsoft Purview Data Catalog allows data owners to manage custom attributes and set access controls on data assets. Option A is wrong because Data Estate Insights provides monitoring, not governance. Option B is wrong because Data Policy enables policies on data sources, not asset-level custom attributes. Option D is wrong because Data Map is the underlying metadata store, not for end-user governance.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Microsoft Purview Data Estate Insights
Why it's wrong here
Data Estate Insights provides monitoring and reporting on data estate health, not custom attributes or access controls.
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Microsoft Purview Data Policy
Why it's wrong here
Data Policy enables policies on data sources for access and classification, but not asset-level custom attributes.
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Microsoft Purview Data Catalog
Why this is correct
Microsoft Purview Data Catalog allows data owners to manage custom attributes and set access controls on data assets.
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Microsoft Purview Data Map
Why it's wrong here
Data Map is the underlying metadata store that powers Purview, but it does not allow data owners to manage custom attributes or access controls directly.
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Metadata
Metadata is data that describes other data, providing context such as when a file was created, who created it, or its size.
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User
A user is any person, system, or device that interacts with an IT service, resource, or identity system, typically authenticated through credentials and authorized to perform specific actions.
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