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Leveraging the Unified Data Model: A Practical Example of Data Modeling

Introduction In today’s data-driven world, businesses need a structured approach to managing foundational data assets. The Unified Data Model (UDM) provides a scalable and governed framework for modeling key entities while keeping data assets maintainable and extensible. In this post, we will use a hypothetical business entity as an example to de...

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Why a Unified Data Model is Critical: Lessons from Building Microsoft’s Semantic Layer

Introduction Some years ago, we were wrestling with a persistent issue in our data stack. Every team had their own way of collecting and structuring data. What was a simple query for one team became a debugging nightmare for another. Discovering the right dataset felt like looking for a needle in a haystack, and standardizing definitions was alm...