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DQS performance has significantly improved with the release of Cumulative Update 1 (CU1) for SQL Server 2012. The latest DQS Performance Best Practices Guide with the updated performance numbers and other useful information is now available on the Microsoft...

Hi DQS users, I want to draw your attention to the Data Quality Services Performance Best Practices Guide that describes how to get the best performance out of DQS, especially when working with large data volumes. As a knowledge driven product,...

Find all the resources for DQS at a single location: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/hh780961 . This page contains links to the following DQS resources: DQS Training Videos by the DQS Product Team DQS Troubleshooting Instructions...

We bring you five Data Quality Services (DQS) training videos that provide in-depth information about DQS and ways in which it can benefit your business. These videos were recorded during a 1-day internal DQS training provided by the DQS product team...

SQL Server 2012 RC0 is out there, with a bunch of new DQS features and improvements! In addition to usability improvements and bug fixes, we have introduced the following new features in this release: New Features Import knowledge from a cleansing...

This post demonstrates how you can create a matching policy in a knowledge base and tune it to achieve best results. The screenshots were taken from a later DQS build so you will probably notice some changes to the user interface and functionality comparing...

It's all about your data... Whether you are a small shop, mid-size or large organization, one of your most important asset is your data; organizations often spend hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, a large portions of their information technology...

Hi everyone, I’ve been getting many requests to publish the files and KBs used in the DQS TechEd presentation (available here ). So I know it’s a bit late, but still – here it is… For those of you who haven’t viewed...

Null, space, dummy, “unknown”, 99999, empty. All these small and innocent words represent missing data that may have a bad impact on our business execution and analysis. How can a customer participate in my new email campaign if he doesn’t...

DQS is a Knowledge Driven Data Quality Solution. Knowledge is what every organization and its data users know about their data and want to use for validation and correction. This knowledge can be addressed also as the Data Quality Policy . In DQS this...

We have put together a comprehensive set of learning resources for DQS that you can use to quickly understand/learn things about DQS, install/configure it, and then use it. DQS FAQ We understand that you have a lot of questions about DQS, and...

SQL Server Data Quality Services (DQS) is a knowledge-driven data quality solution. You can define knowledge manually; acquire it from data samples of your organization, or knowledge provided by third party services. We call this Reference Data Services...

As part of our DQS CTP3 offering, we are releasing a new DQS SSIS component. This component incorporates the DQS cleansing functionality into an SSIS data flow. When should I use the SSIS DQS Cleansing Component? The DQS Cleansing component can...

After you’ve downloaded Denali CTP3, it’s time to install DQS! Here you can find some important information that will help you install and configure DQS successfully. Data Quality Services (DQS) contains three components: DQS server...

Welcome to the SQL Server Data Quality Services Team Blog! SQL Server Data Quality Services (DQS) is the new innovative data quality product delivered as part of SQL Server “Denali” release. DQS is a knowledge-driven data quality...