Microsoft Master Data Services (Microsoft MDS) Migration
Many companies participated in early adopter programs to investigate the tremendous value offered by Microsoft Master Data Services; some even pioneered the technology as Stratature +EDM customers. Whether an +EDM customer, or a Microsoft MDS TP (technology preview) user, you have invested considerable time and resources to define your master data models, including entities, attributes, hierarchies, collections, business rules, security and notification models.
With the CTP3 (community technical preview) release of Microsoft Master Data Services, announced for fall 2009, the market is alive with anticipation of a fully optimized master data management solution built on the enterprise-class SQL Server 2008 platform.
The CTP3 release is built on the reengineered platform that will deliver the GA (general availability) release of Microsoft Master Data Services. Under the hood, Microsoft has restructured internal data models and schemas to affect impressive performance and optimization benefits. Unfortunately, for those customers that have embraced the initial MDS platform, there is no backward compatibility delivered out-of-the-box to migrate existing +EDM or MDS TP models to the enhanced platform.
The quickest, easiest, and most cost effective way to get migrate your +EDM and MDS TP models to the GA-based platform (for use with MDS CTP3 and MDS GA releases) is with Profisee’s MDS Migration consulting service.
Key benefits of Profisee’s MDS Migration service include:
- Fixed-price for a rapid migration of existing master data models
- Turn-key solution to get up and running on the supported Microsoft MDS version
- Sustain IT productivity – defer weeks or months of resource constraint to develop one-time-use migration scripts and novice or limited internal quality assurance.
Minimum Deliverables
- Migration of entire MDS repository*
- Explicit hierarchies
- Derived hierarchies
- Entities
- Attributes
- Collections
- Security & notification models
- Business rules
- All working in the CTP3 or GA environment
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Key Value
- MDS models up & running on the new platform
- Programmatic procedures built specifically for migrating MDS data and structures
- Precise testing and quality assurance processes
- No wasted time or investment in creating single-use migration scripts or internal QA cycles
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MDS Pre-requisites
- Windows Server 2008
- Microsoft IIS 7.0
- SQL Server 2008 R2
- Internet Explorer 6.0+
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*Repository complexity may determine extent of components migrated to new platform.
Profisee – A trusted advisor
Profisee was founded following the acquisition of Stratature by Microsoft in 2007. The management team at Profisee virtually wrote the book on Master Data Management and built the software product now offered by Microsoft as Microsoft MDS.
Profisee is one of four Microsoft partners world-wide participating in the MDS ISV (independent software vendor) program—so our product insight and expertise are unparalleled in the market.
We know MDM. We know Microsoft MDS.