April | Chicago, IL MDS and DQS Beyond the TLAs to Data Quality Neil Hambly – Northdoor PLC SQL Server Technology Evangelist

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Session Agenda MDS and DQS - Beyond the TLAs to Data Quality “Data Quality” DQS Overview Knowledge Bases, Industry Reference Data DQS Tools EIM Solution {SSIS, DQS, MDS} MDS Overview MDS Excel Add-in 3

DQS Overview 4

MDS Overview 5

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SSIS - MDS Process 7

MDS Requirements 8

MDS Configuration Manager – Defining your MDS environment 9

SQL Server CU1 Improvements 10 Data Size DiscoveryCleansingSSIS CleansingMatching RTMCU1RTMCU1RTMCU1RTMCU1 10K records 1 minute<1 minute1 minute<1 minute 2-5 minutes <1 minutes 1 minute<1 minute 100K records 5-10 minutes 2-4 minutes 2-7 minutes minutes minutes minutes 5-10 minutes 1-2 minutes 1M records hours minutes hours minutes 7-12 hours hours 1-4 hours minutes Below are the comparative DQS performance numbers between the SQL Server 2012 RTM and CU1 releases :

To upgrade a previously configured DQS server instance 11 Release KB article + Download link DQSInstaller -Upgrade requiredDQSInstaller -UpgradeDlls required SQL Server 2012 RTM NA Not Applicable SQL Server 2012 RTM CU Yes No SQL Server 2012 RTM CU Yes No SQL Server 2012 RTM CU Yes (when upgrading from RTM or CU1) No (when upgrading from CU2) No (when upgrading from RTM or CU1) Yes (when upgrading from CU2) SQL Server 2012 RTM CU Pending Research SQL Server 2012 Service Pack Yes No SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU Pending Research.Net Framework Updates or Windows Updates NA No Sometimes (depends on which assemblies are patched) This chart helps to show which product updates require schema upgrades as well as Upgrade Dlls when schema upgrades are not required.

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MDS Training {links} 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. 01 Introduction 01 Introduction Introduction.pdf This lesson provides an overview of MDS. 02 MDS Environment 02 MDS Environment MDS Environment.pdf This lesson provides an overview of MDS terminology and features of the Master Data Manager web application. 03 Managing Entities 03 Managing Entities Managing Entities.pdf In this lesson, MDS terminology is explored in more depth. You start working with data and learn how to use the Master Data Manager web application to do common tasks. 04 Managing Hierarchies 04 Managing Hierarchies Managing Hierarchies.pdf This lesson provides information about all of the available hierarchy types in MDS. You practice adding, removing, and moving members in hierarchies. 05 Creating Collections 05 Creating Collections Creating Collections.pdf This lesson shows you how to create collections, and how to add and remove items from a collection. 06 Version Management 06 Version Management Version Management.pdf This lesson explains version management and shows you how to view and reverse transactions. 07 Modeling Guidelines 07 Modeling Guidelines Modeling Guidelines.pdf This lesson gives you ideas for how to use MDS to model your organization's data. It prepares you for the next lesson, where you will use the knowledge you've gained to start creating your model. 08 Model Building 08 Model Building Model Building.pdf In this lesson, you will use the knowledge from Lesson 07 to begin creating a model for your data. 13