How to: Deploy a Model Deployment Package (Master Data Services)
Deploy a package of a model to any target Master Data Services environment.
Prerequisites
To perform this procedure:
- You must have permission to access the System Administration functional area in the target Master Data Services environment. 
- A model deployment package must exist. For more information, see How to: Create a Model Deployment Package (Master Data Services). 
- If you are updating an existing model, you must also be a model administrator for the model in the target environment. For more information, see Administrators (Master Data Services). 
To deploy a model deployment package
- In Master Data Manager, click System Administration. 
- On the Model Explorer page, from the menu bar, point to System and click Deployment. 
- On the Model Deployment Wizard, click Deploy. 
- Click Browse. 
- Find your deployment package (.pkg file) and click Open. 
- Click Next. 
- After the package is loaded, click Next. 
- If the model already exists, you can update it by selecting Update the existing model and selecting a version to update. To create a new model, select Create new model and after you click Next you can type a name for the new model. - Note - You cannot update models with the status of Locked or Committed. 
- Click Finish to exit the wizard. 
Next Steps
User-defined metadata, file attributes, and user and group permissions are not included in model deployment packages. After you deploy a model, you must update these manually. For more information, see: