It has been a long-standing tool in our organization since it was free.
Microsoft MDS integrates seamlessly with SQL Server and Azure Active Directory, offering an Excel plug-in for direct data management. Despite being easy to deploy and valued for its administration console, it could better integrate with other Microsoft products. The stability is sometimes fragile, lacking modern updates as Microsoft shifts focus to cloud solutions, and it requires additional tools for true MDM capabilities due to missing components for data matching and merging.
