Login Book a call

Data Governance Services.

Data governance ensures your data is accurate, secure, and compliant – creating the trusted foundation for advanced analytics and AI, with ANS providing proven frameworks and Microsoft expertise to make it simple and scalable.

The Data Maturity Journey

Building Trust in Your Data

Data governance is the cornerstone of a successful data strategy. It ensures your data is accurate, secure, and compliant – creating the trust needed to unlock the full potential of advanced technologies like AI and machine learning. Without strong governance, insights can be unreliable and innovation stalled. At ANS, we help organisations establish robust governance frameworks that span policies, processes, and technology, leveraging the Microsoft ecosystem to deliver security, compliance, and scalability.

Solving Your Business Problems

Customer 360 View

Combine CRM, ERP, and marketing data to create a single view of your customers, enabling personalized experiences and better retention.

Supply Chain Optimisation

Integrate data from suppliers, logistics, and inventory systems to improve forecasting, reduce costs, and avoid stockouts.

Financial Consolidation

Unify data from multiple finance systems for accurate reporting, compliance, and real-time performance tracking.

Regulatory Compliance

Ensure consistent, auditable data across integrated systems to meet industry standards and reduce risk.

Co-Managed Data Service

ANS’ Co‑managed Data Service gives you always‑on expertise to run, monitor and optimise your entire data platform. We combine proactive monitoring, platform optimisation and access to specialist data engineers and architects to keep your pipelines, models and analytics running smoothly and securely. With ANS taking care of the heavy lifting, your teams stay focused on driving insight, value and competitive advantage from your data.

Your Roadmap to Data Success

The ANS Data Navigator is a strategic workshop designed to assess your current data maturity and define a clear path forward. We’ll help you identify gaps, prioritise initiatives, and create a business case that aligns technology with business outcomes.

There are a variety of workshops available to support you, wherever you are in your journey. Funding is available across Cloud, Data, Business Applications and Security.

Why Partner with ANS?

As a Microsoft-accredited partner and the 2025 UK Partner of the Year, ANS brings years of proven expertise in delivering end-to-end data solutions across the full Microsoft ecosystem – empowering organisations to build strong data foundations and accelerate their journey to being AI ready.

500+ Modern Data Platforms Delivered

Proven experience delivering scalable, secure data platforms for organisations across multiple sectors.

UK Based Co-Managed Data Service

A local team works alongside yours to manage and optimise your platform whilst maintaining control.

Microsoft UK Partner of the Year

On demand data expertise that is industry recognised.

Fabric Featured Partner

Early adopter and trusted advisor for Microsoft Fabric, helping customers unlock unified analytics.

Expertise across the full Microsoft Ecosystem

End‑to‑end solutions spanning Azure, Power Platform, Dynamics 365, and Copilot for seamless integration and to unlock the power of your data across your business.

Your Data Journey to AI starts here

The journey to ensuring data readiness for AI implementation is multifaceted, involving meticulous preparation, seamless integration, and stringent governance. By investing in data readiness, organisations can unlock the full potential of AI, driving innovation and achieving strategic goals while maintaining data integrity and compliance.

Data Governance 

Data governance ensures that data is managed securely and compliantly throughout its lifecycle. Setting policies, procedures, and standards to maintain data quality and integrity is crucial in AI to maintain fairness, avoid bias, enhance privacy and comply with ethical standards. 

Data Insights

Unifying your business’ data is a fundamental step in your data maturity journey. AI models rely on high-quality data to function effectively; by seamlessly connecting disparate data sources, you ensure the foundations for robust and scalable AI deployments.   

Data Integrations 

Data preparation and integration is the foundational step in ensuring data readiness for AI. It involves cleaning, transforming, and organising data to make it suitable for analysis. 

FAQs - Data Governance

What is data governance and why is it essential for AI and analytics?

Data governance is the framework that ensures your data is accurate, secure, compliant, and usable across your organisation. Strong governance improves data quality, reduces risk, and creates the trusted foundation required for analytics, automation, and AI adoption.

How can ANS improve our data governance strategy?

We strengthen your data governance by implementing proven, Microsoft‑aligned frameworks that improve data quality, compliance, and security. We assess your data maturity, streamline policies and processes, and deploy scalable governance tools like Microsoft Purview to help you build a future‑ready, AI‑enabled data environment. Get in touch to get started.

What Microsoft technologies support enterprise data governance?

Microsoft Purview, Azure Data Services, Microsoft Fabric, and Dynamics 365 are commonly used to manage data security, lineage, classification, and compliance. ANS specialises in integrating these tools to deliver end‑to‑end governance visibility across your organisation’s entire data estate.

How does data governance help organisations become AI‑ready?

AI models depend on clean, structured, and compliant data. Effective data governance ensures accuracy, consistency, and trust — enabling successful machine learning, Copilot adoption, predictive analytics, and automated decision‑making across the business.

Does ANS offer ongoing support or a managed data governance service?

Yes. ANS provides a Co‑managed Data Service that includes continuous monitoring, optimisation, and hands‑on support from expert data engineers and architects. We manage your data platform, pipelines, and governance controls so your teams can focus on delivering value through analytics and AI. Book in a call to find out how we can help you.