It has a very good feature called Excel plug-in. You just have to install the plug-in, and then it directly connects to the MDS instance where you can maintain and manage your data and publish it right through Excel. You don't need to go to the front end to make any changes. It is a part of the Microsoft stack. It works with most of the Microsoft stuff. The only drawback is that it does not have the matching, merging, and all true MDM components. Both of these are integrated together, but you have to do them separately, whereas, in Profisee, there are a couple of screens where you can configure the matching process, create matching rules, and other things, and everything is in one product, which is not the case with MDS.
At the same time, you also need Melissa Data to clean up your addresses to validate and standardize the addresses. That's the main component of true MDM. It is pretty good. We initially built only 1 model and 10 entities, but currently, we are maintaining around 20 models and entities. We have around 50 to 75 people in our organization.
They are mostly business analysts and people who are in the data governance team. Its initial setup is straightforward. It is just like on-prem. It took around one to one and a half hours because we had to spin up the Azure wheel.
There are a couple of prerequisites that you need to do that takes around half an hour. After that, it is straightforward.
I did it myself. I also handle its maintenance. I am the main point of contact for any troubleshooting, upgrades, or patches that we need to do. I would highly recommend this solution.
It is a very good tool. You can automate a digital transformation where you can migrate your Excel and Access databases that are lying in silos to MDS. This way you would have true data governance, security, change tracking CDC , and security versioning. There are a lot of features that are very beneficial. We'll be staying with MDS. The most valuable feature of the solution is Excel because it enables even non-technical people to directly interact with the BI system which is important because most of our people are not from the IT sector.
The second important feature is that while we are using Informatica and other SAP tools which are less customizable, MDS increases customization for us and that is very useful. The main reason we use this solution is because of its customization. I have faced data primary violation in MDS when the primary key was full and that is not good. When I use the SIS package for batch activity and it's full, I have to delete the batch manually by going into the database.
The solution can sometimes be slow. We are in a healthcare environment and I've faced some synchronizing issues with the test model. I've faced some issues as a consultant of this solution because of the above. It can be slow sometimes. Finally you have to build a few services of Microsoft Windows - Windows 10, Windows Server or something else - to enable multiple services and open multiple ports to enable DevOps MDS service. Finally, the MDS developer must have the admin rights of the system as well as the database.
The advantage of Microsoft MDS is that it's so handy, so customizable, and easy to use. It has all the basics and given that we are a directly integral system, everyone is able to use Excel. The advantage is that you can be working on bulk data and creating a batch, we can upload or deliver activities.
If one system has reached capacity or has stopped, then the whole system stops and it is quite difficult to solve the problem. My advice is that if you want to use custom UI, then make sure you work on Internet Explorer.
In place of Internet Explorer create your own custom UI by the. NET feature. It can be used for all the data cataloging, master data management, manufacturing, product management, data harmonization, data stewardship, for any kind of master data, and product catalog.
It gives you the flexibility to have in-depth experience. It allows you to collect data and save it as a golden record. You have the flexibility for data stewardship.
You can make changes with the connectivity on the Excel API. The version that I work with is on-premises and it required an additional virtual machine on the cloud. It would be a better option to have an on-cloud version.
They are using this solution at an enterprise level for our customer who is an implementer. They are going to produce data and scale it. We contacted technical support with an issue that we were having and they were able to solve it. It was a learning phase but Microsoft provided support. In my current organization, I'm recommending reviewing all of the product cataloging master data management.
This is what I would recommend for anybody who wants to do master data management, they use this product. I would like to separate the website from the database side. By default, you have the webserver running on the same server as it is the database. This forces us to make a bigger VM which means more costing for the VM. We tried to go with a less expensive route and every now and then we run out of memory, you have to reboot the machine.
I do not like using Silverlight and Internet Explorer. The new version gets rid of that, which is one of the reasons why we are looking to switch. I set it up on my own laptop and I did not think it was that difficult. I did the implementation myself and it took me two days because we had multiple versions of the documentation. They were all dated in their own unique ways and because of this, I created a new version of them all, that worked for me. We have three technicians that support the solution in my organization.
The technical support is good. We are responsible for the maintenance of the program for our clients, and I believe that we've provided good support so far.
The price of the program has gone up, so I would like to see better pricing. But I like it that there are no additional fees that we have to pay. If I have to rate this program from one to ten, I will give it an eight.
My advice to others would be to use an activity log. They should have a user account and they should keep track of every user that logs on, and the platform should keep track of it. Sign In. Post Review.
Microsoft MDS Reviews. What is Microsoft MDS? I am not aware of any additional costs. Filter by:. Filter Reviews. Analyst Firm. Cloud Provider. Comms Service Provider. Computer Retailer. Construction Company. Consumer Goods Company. Engineering Company. Financial Services Firm. Healthcare Company. Hospitality Company. Import And Exporter. Insurance Company. International Affairs Institute. Educational Organization. Legal Firm. Local Government. A Name and Code attribute are automatically included in each entity and cannot be removed.
You might want to create other free-form attributes to contain text, dates, numbers, or files. If you have more than four or five attributes for an entity, you might want to create attribute groups. These groups are the tabs that are displayed above the grid in Explorer and they help ease navigation by grouping attributes together on individual tabs.
Import the data for your supporting entities by using the staging process. For the Product model, this might mean importing colors or sizes.
You can also create members manually. Note: Users can create members in Master Data Manager if they have a minimum of Update permission to an entity's leaf model object and access to the Explorer functional area.
Create and publish business rules to ensure the accuracy of your data. You can use business rules to: Set default attribute values. Change attribute values. Send email notifications when data doesn't pass business rule validation. Import the members for your primary entities by using the staging process. When done, validate the version, which applies business rules to all members in the model version.
You can then work to correct any business rule validation issues. Derived hierarchies can be updated as your business needs change and ensure that all members are accounted for at the appropriate level.
If you want to create hierarchies that are not level-based and that include members from a single entity, you can create explicit hierarchies. If you want to view different groupings of members for reporting or analysis and do not need a complete hierarchy, create a collection.
Note: Users can create collections in Master Data Manager if they have a minimum of Update permission to the collection model object and access to the Explorer functional area. To describe your model objects, add user-defined metadata to your model. The metadata might include the owner of an object or the source the data comes from.
Lock a version of your model to prevent changes to the members, except by administrators. When the version's data has validated successfully against business rules, you can commit the version, which prevents changes to members by all users.
This includes things like importing iOS configuration files that have been created in the Apple Configurator. Device restrictions in Intune control security and hardware, limit or prevent data sharing, and can be used to maintain the integrity of the hardware, data, and by extension, the organization.
For example, an iPhone user can be prevented from accessing the device camera. Microsoft Intune also features identity protection, Wi-Fi and VPN profiles, multiuser device management, preference files for macOS, and boasts a settings catalogue for Windows and macOS, listing the settings that can be configured in one easy to access location.
Many device types are typically connected to networks, from printers and PCs to phones and tablets. MDM and Unified Endpoint Management UEM solutions therefore need to be able to handle devices from multiple manufacturers, running a mix of operating systems.
Consequently, all manner of device ownership and usage dynamics can be implemented and managed. For cross-compatibility between management environments to work, however, some knowledge of the individual host systems is required. To use devices with Microsoft Intune, they should be running Windows 10, Android 6. Microsoft Intune features a web-based cloud management console for overseeing devices enrolled in it. Due to the wide device and OS compatibility, enrollment methodology differs.
Unsurprisingly, Microsoft devices offer the best compatibility with Microsoft Intune, with only the Autopilot enrolment type requiring a device to be reset or wiped. Overall, installation and enrollment for Microsoft Intune requires considerable planning and prior awareness of the organization's mobile inventory.
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