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Mark Gschwind highlighted the new features of Master Data Services in SQL Server 2012 (Denali) at the January meeting of the Bay Area Microsoft Business Intelligence User Group.  Mark is VP of Business Intelligence at DesignMind, and is an expert on data warehousing, OLAP, and Master Data Management.

Master Data Services has two user interfaces.  One is through an add-in for Excel 2007 and 2010.  The other is a Silverlight interface.  There are some differences in functionality between these two interfaces, and there are various situations when each interface is most appropriate.  Mark demonstrated both interfaces, and walked through a variety of real-life scenarios.

He also talked about governance and organizational considerations that have significant impact on the success (or failure) of a Master Data Management initiative.

There were some good questions from the audience, including several with significant MDM experience.

Mark has been working with Master Data Services (MDS) since 2005, when it was a separate product from Stratature called +EDM.  The product was acquired by Microsoft in 2007, and became part of SQL Server 2008 R2.  Always on top of the latest practices, Mark attended a  Master Data Services Boot Camp in December and is currently using MDS in production for one of his clients.

You can learn more about Mark on LinkedIn.

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