When did the new pricing model go into effect?
The new pricing model took effect on January 6, 2025.
Is the asset counting done at a monthly level or daily level?
Assets are counted on a daily basis. Each day, unique governed assets are counted. If you ungovern any assets mid-month, the right asset count is picked for the day and multiplied by unique governed assets per day.
I have a single data product with three data assets attached. Am I charged for each data asset for 30 days?
Yes. When attaching three data assets to a data product, you're charged for each data asset each day.
I have the same data asset attached to both a data product and a critical data element. How am I charged?
You aren't charged for a data asset attached to both a data product and a critical data element. You're charged for a data asset once.
How am I charged if I scanned 10 data assets and only three are attached to data products?
You're charged for the three data assets attached to the data product. You aren't charged for the remaining seven data assets in Data Map.
If I use the classic glossary in Data Map and attach classic glossary terms to a data asset, am I charged?
No. Assets with classic glossary terms attached to them aren't charged.
If I attach a SQL server with 200 tables in it to a data product, how many governed assets am I charged for?
You're charged for a single asset as governed asset for a SQL server with many tables. Children won't be counted since the intent is to govern the server as a whole. We recommend putting an individual table or a selected group of tables in a data product, so the experience is more curated and meaningful. If the data product is data consumer facing, then limited data consumers would want access to a data product with 200 tables.
If I attach a Power BI semantic model into a data product that has 200 tables, and then I intentionally hand-pick 10 tables to be part of the data product, how many assets do I get charged for?
If the semantic model is still attached to the data product, we charge it as a single asset. If you have picked five tables to be attached to the data product, removing the semantic model we charge for the five tables only.
If only the asset type attached is counted as a governed asset (meaning, a Power BI dataset or semantic model is a governed asset), will that restrict me from using the child table for data quality rule setup?
No. Counting assets for billing is separate from user experience and setup of data quality scans. We count the semantic model as a governed asset. When a data quality scan is set up, it separately accrues billing towards the data management processing unit meter.
Can I run data quality rules on a semantic model or its individual tables and columns?
Data quality runs are set on columns of tables within data products or on a critical data element (CDE) directly.
What type of billing transparency will I be able to see?
There are plans to create a Data Governance Admin view of how much is being billed for data governance usage. Based on the processing units, you can decide if you're over-using, under-using, or if there are opportunities to optimize data quality rules. You can also charge back costs to the different governance domains using the consumption details.
Are there tools and guidance to help estimate costs with new pricing model?
Yes. You can find complete pricing information and a pricing calculator on the Microsoft Purview pricing site.
Is there a volume discount?
No, but based on usage at scale, we can work on volume-based pricing for future releases.
Can you separate cost per governed asset at the governance domain level, and data management processing unit charges per governance domain?
You can't currently separate cost by governance domain. We're working on a consumption report to be available to the data governance admin and governance admins. In the report, we intend to provide total governed assets by domain and data governance processing units consumed by governance domain. This should enable you to see volume of use by meter types and use that to charge back within their organization.
What cost reporting will be available, and where can I view this?
Costs can be viewed from January 6, 2025, in the Cost management section of the subscription tied to your Purview tenant (in the Microsoft Purview portal, go to Settings > Account > Account overview). Consumption transparency report is available to the Data Governance Admin users in Q2 of 2025.
What meters are zeroed out from the classic Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog?
Five meters are zeroed out from the classic Microsoft Purview Unified Catalog in the following areas:
- Data Map population - Scanning including SHIR
- Data Map enrichment - Insights Generation, Data Map capacity units, advanced resource sets
- Data Map consumption - including insights consumption
Does the advanced resource set meter zero out for me?
The advanced resource set meter is zeroed out for current users. This feature isn't offered as part of Microsoft Purview, so the meter is ineffective.
What is the cost for using the AI features currently in preview?
Listed below are the AI features currently in preview and available for free. Find more detilas in the find more details in the Unified Catalog Responsible AI FAQ. To disable the preview AI features, contact Microsoft Support.
- Natural language data product search
- Data asset suggestions for data products
- Data quality rule recommender for data assets
- Glossary term suggestion for business domains