Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services (MDS) enables you to build and manage master data for your operational or analytical needs. But how do you export that master data from MDS into your systems? The "Exporting Master Data from Master Data...

[This post was created by Jason Howell, Senior Escalation Engineer in the SQL Server Support team specializing in MDS] SQL Server 2008 R2 Service pack 1 was released in July 2011, as well as CU#1 for Service Pack 1 a few days afterwards, and CU #2 just...

A new Master Data Services book is now available on amazon.com. This book was written by two members of the Microsoft MDS team and is a resource and reference for using the SQL Server 2008 R2 version of Master Data Services. A Kindle version is also available...

[posted by Suzanne Selhorn, Technical Writer on the MDS team] Some new self-paced training is now available on the Microsoft Download Center. To take advantage of this training, you should have a working installation of MDS with sample data already loaded...

People often ask about which words are reserved—which words they shouldn’t use when creating model objects. Here is a list of words you should not use for model objects (i.e., for your model, entity, and attribute names, as well as for business rules...

(This post was contributed by Reagan Templin, Lead Technical Writer for the MDS Team) Recently, we released the first cumulative update (CU) for Master Data Services (MDS) . This blog entry explains how to download and install that CU, as well as subsequent...

(This post was contributed by Reagan Templin, Lead Technical Writer for the MDS Team) We’ve launched a new Web page on MSDN to consolidate information about Master Data Services (MDS) from many different sources: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver...

(This post was contributed by Reagan Templin, Lead Technical Writer for the MDS Team) Lately, I've been seeing some confusion about creating and configuring the Master Data Manager Web application in Master Data Services (MDS) Configuration Manager. In...

We had great interest for our MDS presentations at the 2010 Tech-Ed / BI North America Conferences. Thanks to all who attended. If you didn’t get a chance to attend the MDS sessions, you can view the recorded presentations at Tech-Ed Online. Introducing...

We have assembled a new release that addresses a number (30+) of issues that we could not address before the SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM release.  Everyone who is seriously considering Master Data Services or even kicking the tires is encouraged to take...

(This post was contributed by John Burrows, Lead Program Manager for the MDS Team) A couple of new samples have been posted to the MSDN Code Gallery; two sample models that illustrate recursive and explicit cap hierarchies and a Visual Studio solution...

(This post was contributed by Reagan Templin, Lead Technical Writer for the MDS Team) With the release of SQL Server 2008 R2, it’s a great time to check out the updated documentation and resources for the release, and for MDS in particular. Below you...

New Master Data Services white papers are now available on MSDN. For an application-agnostic overview of Master Data Management, see Organizational Approaches to Master Data Management . For the steps needed to configure Master Data Services to...

(this post was contributed by Val Lovicz, Principal Program Manager on the MDS Team) Background This post is the third in a series on Subscription Views in SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services (“MDS”). In the first post , I described how to create...

(this post was contributed by Val Lovicz, Principal Program Manager on the MDS Team) Background This post is the second in a series on Subscription Views in SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services (“MDS”). In the first post , I described how to create...

(this post was contributed by Val Lovicz, Principal Program Manager on the MDS Team) Background This post is the first in a series on Subscription Views in SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services (“MDS”). In this first post I will describe this feature...

(this post was contributed by Brian Barnett, Senior Software Engineer on the MDS Team) While using Bing Maps last night to look for directions I thought of a way to use MDS business rules to create a Bing Map URL link attribute. This may sound like merely...

(this post was contributed by Brian Barnett, Senior Software Engineer on the MDS Team) Up until this point we have been laying the foundation for enabling the human workflow. Along the way ( Part 1 , Part 2 , and Part 3 ) you’ve been exposed to other...

(this post was contributed by Brian Barnett, Senior Software Engineer on the MDS Team) In Part 1 you made the necessary model changes. In Part 2 you made the security changes to give the new groups the required security access and permissions . In this...

(this post was contributed by Brian Barnett, Senior Software Engineer on the MDS Team) In Part 1 you made the necessary model changes. In this post we will make the security changes necessary to meet the requirements of our workflow scenario. Step 6:...

(this post was contributed by Nick Nieslanik, Senior Software Engineer on the MDS team). Many production environments will want to configure Master Data Services (MDS) in a load-balanced Web Farm for scalability and performance reasons. This blog entry...

(this post was contributed by Brian Barnett, Senior Software Engineer on the MDS team) This post is a first in a series that will explore what you can do with SQL Server 2008 R2 Master Data Services (MDS) business rules. It will introduce business rule...

(this post was contributed by Brent McBride, Senior Software Engineer on the MDS team). The below example shows how to create a new model and add new entities in the same call to the MetadataCreate API operation: Example 1: Add a model and its entities...

In this post I will provide some examples and give you some tips for troubleshooting.

(this post was contributed by Suzanne Selhorn, Technical Writer on the MDS Team) This post provides some basic information about the staging process. It introduces you to the workflow required to import data, provides you with some examples, and gives...