Smart Stack 4.0

Trusted Data Collections

Carry Context Into the Next Use

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Trusted Data Collections

Organize reviewed information around a business purpose. Collections carry source context, ownership, permissions, classifications, policies, exclusions, and review history so people, applications, and AI can use the selected information with its conditions of use.

Select the Information That Serves the Purpose

A Collection can support a department, legal matter, migration, investigation, or AI knowledge set. Review Refinery findings and validate what belongs in the set, what should be excluded, and why.

Preserve the Basis for the Selection

Connect each selection to its source, relationships, classifications, ownership, access, and review history. A Collection does not grant additional access or remove the need to validate a destination’s permissions.

Choose Direct Activation or Preservation

Activate a reviewed Collection directly through the Portal or preserve selected records in Trusted Data Memory. The purpose, retention requirements, and approved workflow determine the route.

Keep Context Current

Refresh and validate the information as sources, permissions, policies, and classifications change. Reuse the preparation work while checking that it remains appropriate for each approved purpose.

Connect to the Next System

Data Mirroring prepares selected Collection intelligence for analytics and AI with traceability. Structured Data Composer applies reviewed recipes to approved mirrored data; Data Feeder delivers selected outputs with source and transformation history.

Review Consequential Actions

A duplicate is not automatically disposable, and an old file is not automatically without value. Authorized redaction, movement, preservation, or disposal requires the applicable review, hold, retention, and approval checks.

Metadata Provenance Through the Modern Data Stack

Give every approved workload the context behind its information.

This flow shows supported file sources prepared by the Refinery. Other sources require a validated integration; specific Trusted Data Memory integration paths, including Collections, require release confirmation.

Information where it already lives, across the Microsoft estate and beyond.

Supported SharePoint and OneDrive locations
Windows File Shares
Additional sources through validated integrations
Communications through supported export or integration paths

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