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'''Microsoft Codename "Bulldog"''' is an upcoming [[Master Data Management]] (MDM) product from [[Microsoft]], which will ship as a part of the future revision of the [[Microsoft Office]] suite, installing either as a standalone application or as a part of [[Microsoft Office SharePoint Server]] installations.<ref name="roadmap">{{cite web | url = http://www.stratature.com/portals/0/MSMDMRoadmap.pdf | title = Microsoft Master Data Management Roadmap | publisher = Microsoft | accessdate = 2007-09-25}}</ref> "Bulldog" is the rebranding of the [[Special:Search/Stratature|Stratature]] MDM product titled '''+EDM''', which Microsoft acquired in June 2007. "Bulldog" will be architecturally similar to +EDM, with increased integration with other Microsoft applications as well as some new features.<ref name="roadmap"/>

"Bulldog" is planned to be made available with the next release of [[Microsoft Office]] suite. CurrenlyCurrently, packaging or pricing is still undecided. A [[CTP]] of the software is planned to be released in the third quarted of 2008. However, a technological preview is planned for release in February 2008. That release will be virtually identical to the Stratature release of +EDM, without any of the features added by Microsoft.<ref name="roadmap"/>

The successort to "Bulldog" is codenamed "Greenwich", which will include major changes to the analytical and transactional capabilities, as well as better integration with other products. <ref>{{cite web | url = http://72.14.235.104/search?q=cache:02XRORvWv3kJ:blogs.technet.com/patricg/archive/2007/09/19/microsoft-master-data-management.aspx+Microsoft+Master+Data+Management+Roadmap&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2 | title = Microsoft Master Data Management | accessdate = 2007-09-25}}</ref>

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"Bulldog" allows the master data to be categorized by hierarchical relationships, such as employee data are a subtype of organization data. Hierarchies are generated by relating data attributes. Data can be automatically categorized using rules, and the categories are introspected programmatically. "Bulldog" can also expose the data as [[Microsoft SQL Server]] [[view (database)|views]], which pulled by any [[SQL]]-compatible client. It uses a role-based access control system to restrict access to the data. The views are generated dynamically, so they contain the latest data entities in the master hub. It can also push out the data by writing to some external journals. "Bulldog" also includes a web-based UI for viewing and managing the data. It uses [[AJAX]] in the front-end and [[ASP.NET]] in the back-end.<ref name="roadmap"/>

"Bulldog" will also include certain features not available in the Stratature +EDM product. It will gain an [[Web service]] interface to expose the data, as well as an [[API]], which internally uses the exposed web services, exposing the featuresetfeature set, programmatically, to access and manipulate the data. It will also integrate with [[Active Directory]] for authentication purposes. Unlike +EDM, "Bulldog" will support [[Unicode]] characters, as well as support multilingual user interfaces.<ref name="roadmap"/>

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