SAP MDM 7.1

Hi,
Did SAP MDM 7.1 finish it's ramp-up phase? Does anyone have information on when it is Generally available (GA)?
Thank you.

Hi Suman,
Its already avialble in the market except for few Operationg systems like IBM z/OS etc. Go through the PAM slide1 which should give you the idea for which OS and datbase already they are avaliable:
https://websmp105.sap-ag.de/~form/handler?_APP=00200682500000001303&_EVENT=DISP_NEW&00200682500000002804=01200615320900001508
Regards,
---Satish

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>
Christian Heuer wrote:
> Hi,
>
> now I understood and you really have got a point here. But the question is whether you need key mapping then on the remote key level with a tuple anymore. If yes, you won
>
> Best regards
> Christian
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