I recently completed an end to end tutorial that taught me basics of Master Data Services 2012. And I thought I would take what I’ve learned and create a diagram for reference that helps developers see end – to – end processes that are involved in building out a SQL Server Master Data services 2012 solution. So here it is:

Note that I am not showing the web service API using which you could write code that talks with Master data. More details: Developer’s Guide (Master Data Services)

Also the official Architecture diagram can be found here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/7812.master-data-services-capacity-guidelines.aspx

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