Scoping Microsoft Purview: Five Key Questions for a Successful Implementation (Part 4)
Implementing Microsoft Purview is a critical step toward establishing robust data governance to enable better visibility and control over organizational data assets. However, due to the broad business areas and volume of stakeholders involved, many Purview projects are undersold in scope, leading to missed deadlines, unforeseen costs, and underwhelming adoption. Sullexis recommends a ‘start-small’ approach to implementing Purview, designed to help organizations accurately scope and deploy it from the start, building out domains one by one, eating this elephant one bite at a time!
In this blog series, we are covering five key questions that will help to enable a well-planned and successful Purview deployment. In today’s blog we are discussing the fourth question: Do You Have a Plan to Roll Out and Scale Purview?
Do You Have a Plan to Roll Out and Scale Purview?
Now that we’ve discussed the volume of people and data assets associated to a single subdomain, you should be starting to understand just how big of an undertaking a Purview implementation can be. Sullexis recommends a phased approach to Purview implementations to avoid overwhelming internal teams and facilitate proper adoption.
Start small by implementing Purview in a single subdomain first, refining governance structures, data catalogs, and classifications before expanding. You can take lessons learned from the first subdomain’s initial rollout to gradually expand Purview’s implementation across multiple subdomains. This provides a template for moving forward from a people, process, cost, and timeline perspective.
By prioritizing key governance functionalities in the beginning stages, Purview will be structured for future scalability, including advanced features such as lineage tracking and security. Additionally, organizations can mitigate risks, control costs, and drive long-term success through an iterative implementation plan. At Sullexis, we say that Data Governance and Purview are not a destination to get to but ongoing journeys for the business—making it essential to have a well-structured plan for both implementation and long-term scalability.