You need to create a plan that meets the following requirements: • Migrate the data to the new system. • Implement a standardized method for creating…

Creating a formal Master Data Management (MDM) team (B) delivers the governance needed to define one authoritative item-creation process and to police it so that no other method is used after go-live.

Loading the item master during the cut-over migration but before the next scheduled annual update (C) ensures that the forthcoming update is performed inside Dynamics 365 with the newly enforced standards, eliminating duplicate work in the legacy system and preventing inconsistent item definitions from being carried over.

A – Migrating after the annual update forces the update to be performed twice (legacy and D365) and carries forward non-standard practices.

D – Semantic duplicate of B; only one MDM-team recommendation is required.

E – Migrating items “as-is” moves existing inconsistencies into the new system, violating the requirement to standardize and control future item creation.

1. Microsoft Learn, “Plan a data migration strategy and process” – section “Perform the cut-over migration,” paragraphs 2-3 (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/plan-data-migration/).

2. Microsoft FastTrack for Dynamics 365, “Data Migration Guidance v3,” pp. 8-10 – recommends loading master data before business events to avoid re-work.

3. Microsoft Learn, “Master data management in Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations apps,” section “Governance and ownership,” para 1-2 (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/fin-ops-core/dev-itpro/data-entities/master-data-management).

4. R. Bose, X. Luo, “Integrative framework for assessing MDM implementation,” Journal of Database Mgmt, 29(1):1-22, 2018, DOI:10.4018/JDM.2018010101 – details necessity of formal MDM team for data-creation control.

5. MIT OpenCourseWare, “Database Systems – Lecture 24: Data Governance,” slide 9 – outlines the role of MDM in standardizing key master data entities.