This post is for people interested in setting up an instance of SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Edition for personal use. I caution those interested in configuring an instance of SQL Server 2025 Enterprise for production purposes: You should not use Developer Edition because it’s not for production workloads by design and according to the …
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Download SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Edition
This post is for people interested in setting up an instance of SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Edition for personal use. If you are interested in configuring an instance of SQL Server 2025 for production purposes, you should not use Enterprise Developer Edition – it’s not for production workloads by design and according to the …
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One Way to Install SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Edition
In this series, I walk through one way to install and configure SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Edition. This series is not intended as guidance for production environments. This series is simply one way I install and configure SQL Server 2025 Enterprise for my test and exploration environment. Download SQL Server 2025 Enterprise Developer Edition …
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Microsoft Just Made SSIS-to-Fabric Easier
Upcoming Live Training A Day of Fabric Data Factory | 19 May 2026 | Live online, 9:00 AM to 4:30 PM EDT Registration closes 16 May 2026 Register → Here’s what “easier” means Your SSIS packages still pay the bills. They’ve earned that. The orchestration logic, the error handling, the parameter discipline, the framework patterns …
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SSIS Extension Updates – Apr 2026
Back in June 2024, I announced I was changing the way I report updates to the SQL Server Integration Services extension for Visual Studio (in a post titled SSIS Extension Updates – Jun 2024). I have a calendar reminder that reminds me to check the links every quarter, and that reminder did its job admirably …
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The Day Our SSIS Catalogs Didn’t Match
I knew what I was doing. I wrote the lifecycle management chapter in the Wrox SSIS 2005 book. I implemented SSIS lifecycle management at Unisys. We’d done everything by the book. Well, by the books. This book and this book. In 2013, I led a team that designed an SSIS project that included over 300 …
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Fabric SSIS Public Preview: What It Changes – and What It Doesn’t
The conversation around SSIS is heating up again.
Some see the signals and conclude SSIS is on the way out. Others point to the strength of the ecosystem and say it is far from done.
Both perspectives miss something important.
The introduction of Fabric SSIS public preview does not settle the debate. It reframes it.
Use SSIS Framework Manager to Build an SSIS Application
The Data Integration Lifecycle Management Suite (DILM Suite) is a collection of tools designed to reduce the friction of managing SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) across its lifecycle. The SSIS Framework is a core element of DILM Suite. About DILM Suite DILM Suite helps enterprise data engineers and data teams compare, package, deploy, and maintain …
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Announcing: SSIS Lifecycle Advisory
I’ve launched a new fixed-scope advisory offer for organizations running SSIS in production. Many teams do not have an SSIS problem.They have a lifecycle management problem. Deployments feel risky.Change visibility is limited.Governance is inconsistent.Modernization questions keep piling up. The SSIS Lifecycle Advisory is designed to help teams get clear on: deployment and release risk governance …
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SSIS 2016 and SQL Server 2016 End-of-Life 14 Jul 2026
A tip o’ the hat to Brent Ozar who included a link in his 9 Feb 2026 newsletter to the SQLFingers post titled “SQL Server 2016 Ends in July. Here’s What Will Break.“ Regarding SQL Server 2016, SQLFingers says: After July 14, 2026: No more security patches No more support calls No longer compliant You …
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