Well, now there is a better way – Master Data Services. One of the many interesting features of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is Master Data Services (or MDS).

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While the Parallel Data Warehouse edition of SQL Server 2012 already had CCIs, it's the SQL Server 2014 release that brings the feature to the mainstream version of the product. Sprawling platform ...

Microsoft has largely left tools for data governance to independent software providers (ISPs) and partners in their ecosystem. (Full disclosure—I am employed by an ISP that sells a product in this ...

Master data management (MDM) has become recognized as a key way for businesses to gain consistent and valuable insight on data, usually distributed across applications and systems. While the ...