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Business rules, hierarchies, versioning, and stewardship workflows help maintain consistent business identities and values across systems.<\/p>\n<h2>Practical application<\/h2>\n<p>For a product-master example, define stable product codes, permitted categories, naming standards, approvals and downstream synchronization contracts. Evaluate duplicates by business key and keep change history.<\/p>\n<h2>Compatibility and cautions<\/h2>\n<p>Microsoft removed MDS from SQL Server 2025. Maintain existing installations only according to supported-version guidance and plan migration before an upgrade. Modern alternatives include governed data tables, controlled APIs, and dedicated MDM platforms.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>AI and reuse disclosure:<\/strong> This newly written tutorial was generated with AI using <a href=\"https:\/\/bangla.sitestree.com\/?p=22431\">an existing Open Education article (post 22431)<\/a> as its starting point; explanations and examples may have been added. 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