sharepoint 2010 managed metadata vs sql 2012 master data services
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A comparison of two enterprise taxonomy store solutions as presented at the Orange County SharePoint Users' Group on May 16, 2012.TRANSCRIPT
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Henry Ong
SharePoint Systems Administrator @ Quest Software
5/16/2012
A comparison of two enterprise taxonomy store solutions
SQL Master Data Services 2012 vs. SharePoint Managed Metadata Services
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Agenda
• Brief overview of MMS & MDS
• Usage scenarios
• Pros/Cons
• MDS + SharePoint integration points
• Demos
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Brief: SP 2010 Managed Metadata Service
• Centralized enterprise repository for tag hierarchies and keywords
• Publish and subscribe model for distributed content types
• Promotes tagging ease of use and folksonomy
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Brief: SQL Server 2012 Master Data Services
• Centralized enterprise repository for tag hierarchies and keywords
• Used to implement Master Data Management
• Non-transactional “nouns” of the company
• Aligns data across systems
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Usage Scenarios: Managed Metadata Service
• Primarily used in SharePoint
• Capture social tagging
• Capture structured metadata
• Capture unstructured metadata/folksonomy
• Autocomplete suggestions
• Content Type Hub Syndications
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Usage Scenarios: Master Data Services
• System of record for other systems.
− Ex: Vendor drop down in procurement system may consume from list of vendors in MDS.
• Generation of Derived/Explicit Hierarchies
− Derived = hierarchies derived from relationships defined in the MDS Entities
– Ex: Product hierarchies that show what products belong to which BU.
− Explicit = hierarchies that are set without regard to relationships defined in MDS.
– Ex: Creation of alternate universes for modeling or reporting purposes.
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SP 2010 Managed Metadata Services
Pros
• Browser based management is easier vs. MDS
• Built in language variation capabilities
• More easily move, promote, deprecate, reuse terms.
• Integrated SharePoint column
• Easier to setup multi-level/many-to-many relationships
Cons
• No versioning
• No workflows/event hooks
• No UI for custom properties/attributes
• No concept of alternative hierarchies
• No offline/mass updating capabilities
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SQL 2012 Master Data Services
Pros
• Excel based management of data is awesome
• Versioning and transaction history logging
• Custom properties/attributes
• Field level security
• Browser based view creation for consuming applications
• Business rules & workflow integration
• Complete web services available OOTB
• Built in adapters for BizTalk integration
Cons
• Brand new platform/set of terminology to learn (from SP perspective)
• Workflow integration not mature
• Building multi-level/many-to-many relationships not as intuitive.
• To get anything out of it requires development
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SQL 2012 MDS + SharePoint Together
• MDS can initiate workflows in SharePoint
• Embed MDS inside of SharePoint
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Demo Time!
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Resources
• Overview and Training Videos
− http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sqlserver/ff943581.aspx
• Creating Custom Workflows
− http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh270298.aspx
• MDS Code Samples
− http://sqlserversamples.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=SQL%20Server%202012%20Master%20Data%20Services%20&IsNewlyCreatedPage=true
• MSDN Forum for MDS
− http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqlmds/threads
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Contact Information
• Twitter @henry_ong
• http://blog.henryong.com
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