MDS Migration

MDS: End of the road.
Time for a next-gen MDM.

Microsoft Master Data Services (MDS) has long been a trusted Master Data Management (MDM) solution, helping organizations maintain critical reference and core data. However, with Microsoft discontinuing active development of MDS, businesses now face a pivotal question: How can they ensure data governance continuity in this new landscape?

Migrating from MDS has become a necessity - not only due to the lack of support, but also to gain modern, more flexible solutions that can keep up with today’s pace of change and evolving business needs.

Why Choose Profisee for Your Data Management Needs?

MDS Is Yesterday. Profisee Is Tomorrow.

Profisee is more than just a replacement for MDS - it’s the next step in the evolution of data management. As businesses face an increasingly complex data landscape, Profisee offers a modern, scalable solution that integrates seamlessly with your existing Microsoft ecosystem, including tools like Power BI, Dynamics 365, and Azure Synapse.

With Profisee, you benefit from:

Cloud-Ready, Azure-Native Platform

Profisee is designed to work natively within Microsoft Azure, offering cloud scalability, high availability, and reduced infrastructure management overhead. It supports hybrid and on-prem deployments as well - making it adaptable to your current and future architecture.

Deep Integration with Microsoft Tools

Built with Microsoft in mind, Profisee integrates tightly with services like Azure Synapse Analytics, Power BI, and Dynamics 365. This reduces complexity during setup and enables faster value delivery through familiar tools and environments.

Modeling and Governance Beyond MDS

Unlike MDS, Profisee provides more robust options for entity modeling, validation, versioning, and stewardship. Its rule engine allows for granular control over data quality, business rules, and matching logic - with greater transparency and maintainability.

Workflow and Automation Support

Where MDS offers only limited workflow capabilities, Profisee includes built-in support for workflow orchestration, task assignments, and process automation, helping teams collaborate more effectively across data domains.

Scalable Matching and Golden Record Creation

Profisee includes native support for fuzzy matching and survivorship logic, helping organizations create accurate and trustworthy golden records at scale - something that typically required workarounds or custom code in MDS.

Profisee offers native fuzzy matching and survivorship logic

Profisee creates accurate golden records at scale - without the need for custom code. Additionally, AI and LLM-powered features enhance data cleansing and matching processes, increasing precision while reducing manual effort.

Step-by-step migration plan.

Big Change. Smooth Process.

Gap Analysis

We begin by analyzing your current MDS setup: how the data is modeled, what features are in use, and where Profisee offers functional equivalents or improvements. This allows us to identify gaps and opportunities, rather than doing a simple “lift and shift”.

Applying the MDS Migration Utiliity

We use Profisee’s MDS Migration Utility – a tool created by one of the original MDS developers - to migrate data models, attributes, and relationships. This helps to accelerate the process, but needs to be applied with care. Several models or attributes will likely need to be migrated by us outside of the utility.

Refining the Data Model

Once the base model is migrated, we adjust and enhance it using Profisee-native structures and best practices. This is often where differences between MDS and Profisee become clear - and where real optimization happens.

Defining Relationships & Hierarchies

We rebuild necessary relationships - whether organizational, geographic, or product-based - ensuring consistency across domains. This stage is key to building reliable business hierarchies.

Matching & Survivorship

We configure Profisee’s matching engine to consolidate duplicate records and define survivorship rules - helping ensure cleaner, more trustworthy golden records.

Data Quality Configuration

Validation rules, assignment policies, and standardization logic are added to enforce data quality consistently across domains - improving what was possible in MDS.

Portal Setup

We tailor the data stewardship portal to suit your team’s workflows and user experience needs. As the main interface for business users, this setup is critical to long-term adoption.

Access Control

Unlike MDS, Profisee supports attribute- and role-based security, including column-level restrictions. We define these rules to align with your organizational structure and compliance needs.

Workflow Configuration

We set up automated workflows to streamline processes, including approvals, validations, and integration with external services (e.g., Azure Functions or APIs). This makes it possible to embed Profisee into broader data operations.

How other companies successfully migrated?

End of Support. Start of Strategy.

From Know-How. To Know-Why.

Believe it's worth doing it with us!

01

We speak both MDS and Profisee.

We know both platforms inside out - which means we know what translates, what does not, and where most migrations go wrong. No surprises, no shortcuts.

02

Profisee isn't a side gig. It’s our core.

We’ve delivered dozens of Profisee projects across industries. From modeling to integration and data governance - this is what we do, every day.

03

We go beyond moving your data to a new tool.

We help you rethink it - so your new setup is not just functional, but smarter, cleaner, and ready to scale from day one.

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