What is Azure Data Catalog?

Azure Data Catalog is a fully managed cloud service. By using this Azure Data Catalog, users can discover the data sources they need and understand the data sources they find. Even Data Catalog helps organizations get more value from their existing investments.With the Data Catalog, any user (analyst, data scientist, or developer) can discover, understand, and consume data sources. Data Catalog consists a crowdsourcing model of metadata and annotations. It is a single, central place for all of an organization's users to contribute their knowledge and build a community and culture of data.