BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:-//ddaysoftware.com//NONSGML DDay.iCal 1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS)\n \nComp anies struggle with consolidating the same set of data from multiple syste ms to accurately report on critical business information. For example\, h aving customer lists in multiple systems that often have the same customer in more than one list\, sometimes with a different spelling. Master Data Services is bundled with SQL Server 2012 to help resolve many of the Mast er Data Management issues that companies are faced with when integrating d ata. In this session\, James will show an overview of Master Data Service s 2012\, including the out of the box Web UI\, the highly developed Excel Add-in\, and how to get started with loading MDS with your data.\n \nSpeak er bio:\nJames Serra is currently a Data Warehouse/Business Intelligence/M DM architect and developer with over 25 years of IT experience. James sta rted his career as a software developer\, and then was a DBA for 12 years\ , and for the last six years he has been working extensively with Business Intelligence using the SQL Server BI stack (SSAS\, SSRS\, and SSIS). Jam es has been at times a permanent employee\, consultant\, contractor\, and owner of his own business. All these experiences along with continuous le arning have helped him to develop many successful data warehouse and BI pr ojects. James is a noted speaker\, blogger (JamesSerra.com)\, and contrib uting editor for SQL Server Pro magazine.\n\nJames has earned the MSCE: SQ L Server 2012 Business Intelligence\, MSCE: SQL Server 2012 Data Platform\ , MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Developer\, MCITP: SQL Serv er 2008 Database Administrator\, and MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Database Devel oper\, and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering. More info is at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesserra DTEND:20121220T190000Z DTSTAMP:20130521T211454 DTSTART:20121220T180000Z LOCATION:http://dataarch.sqlpass.org/ SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Introduction to Microsoft’s Master Data Services (MDS) by James Ser ra UID:2dd459d1-c8ae-4477-b93a-1aa66ddd9083 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR