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Web Configuration Page (Master Data Services Configuration Manager)

Use the Web Configuration page to create a new or configure an existing Web site or Web application for the Master Data Manager Web application. After you select a Master Data Manager Web application, you can specify the application's Master Data Services database and enable Web services.

Web Application

Control Name

Description

Web site

Select a Web site in which to create or select a Master Data Manager Web application for configuration. This list displays the Web sites that are defined in Internet Information Services (IIS) on the local computer.

Web application

Select a Master Data Manager Web application for configuration. This box displays only the Master Data Manager Web applications in the selected Web site.

If nothing displays, click Create Application to open the Create Web Application dialog box and create one.

If you create a new site in Master Data Services Configuration Manager, the root Web application is Master Data Manager. When this is the case, you cannot use Master Data Services Configuration Manager to create additional Master Data Manager Web applications in the site.

Create Site

Opens the Create Web Site dialog box from which you create a Web site for Master Data Manager. When you create a Web site by using Master Data Services Configuration Manager, the root Web application in the site is the Master Data Manager Web application and an application pool is created for that application.

Create Application

Opens the Create Web Application dialog box from which you create a Master Data Manager Web application in the selected site. This button is enabled only when the selected site has no root Web application configured as the Master Data Manager Web application.

Database

Control Name

Description

Select

Opens the Connect to Server dialog box from which you connect to a SQL Server instance and select a Master Data Services database to associate with the selected Master Data Manager Web application.

SQL Server instance

Displays the name of the selected SQL Server instance that hosts the Master Data Services database. This is blank until you connect to a SQL Server instance and select a database.

Database

Displays the name of the Master Data Services database that is associated with the selected Master Data Manager Web application. This is blank until you connect to a SQL Server instance and select a database.

Web Services

Control Name

Description

Enable Web services for this Web application

Select this option to enable Web services for the Master Data Manager Web application. With Web Services, you can access the Master Data Manager application programmatically. Web services will be located under the virtual path of the Master Data Manager application at /service/service.svc. For example, if your application URL is https://www.contoso.com/mds/, the Web service is located at https://www.contoso.com/mds/service/service.svc.

Binding type

Displays the binding type that is enabled for the Web service endpoint. Master Data Services Configuration Manager creates only a wsHttpBinding binding, but you can manually edit the Web.config file for the Web application to enable other binding types.