Master Data Services in SQL Server 2016 RC2: Significant Improvement

The Master Data Services in SQL Server 2016 RC2 appears to be a significant improvement over what shipped with SQL Server 2014 GA.  There’s obvious UI improvements.  But more importantly with almost no effort I was able to get Verification to work properly using the local MDS web portal coupled with the MDS Excel integration.  For the latter, I had Excel 2013 installed along with the MDS Excel add-in for SQL Server 2016 RC2 that I downloaded from the Microsoft Download Center.