I am honored to announce the next round of live and online Azure Data Factory (ADF) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) training: Register today at the Enterprise Data & Analytics’ Training page! :{>
Author:Andy Leonard
Christian, husband, dad, grandpa, Data Philosopher, Data Engineer; Azure Data Factory, Fabric Data Factory, and SSIS guy; and farmer. I was cloud before cloud was cool. :{>
Twenty years of watching SSIS catalog drift, environment mismatches, and deployment chaos finally has a name: Data Integration Lifecycle Management. I build tools for it at DILM Suite. Start with SSIS Catalog Compare.
LinkedIn Poll: Where Are Your SSIS Packages Stored?
I conducted a poll on LinkedIn 7 Jan 2022: If you use SSIS in your enterprise, where are SSIS packages stored? The results are in: With 250 votes cast, the results read: 78% use the SSIS Catalog 12% use the File System 10% use MSDB Thanks to everyone who participated! :{>
Announcing SSIS Framework File Community Edition
The very first data integration / data engineering framework I ever wrote was for Data Transformation Services, or DTS. The DTS framework had one job: manage connections. I don’t recall all the details, but I remember DTS included a task that allowed packages to retrieve settings from INI files. INI files are key-value files, so …
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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a Stored Procedure and the Build
This is the fourth post in a series named One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution. Please find additional posts: One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Introduction One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a New Query One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a …
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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a Table and a View
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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Add a New Query
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One Way to Build an SSMS Database Solution – Introduction
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What If? (Thoughts for 2022)
My favorite variation on the “Expect the best” quote is from Zig Ziglar: One reason this version appeals to me is that it mirrors many sentiments shared by Nassim Taleb (@nntaleb) in his book Antifragile. I write this at the start of 2022 because I, like many of you, have experienced disappointment when expecting general …
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Announcing SSIS Framework Community Edition 2022
I am honored to announce the latest addition to DILM Suite, another free and open-source project named SSIS Framework Community Edition 2022! SSIS Framework CE 2022 is an updated version of SSIS Framework Community Edition – which is also free and open-source – but features a separate database, named SSISFrameworkDB, for storing SSIS Application and Package …
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Install and Configure SSIS Catalog Archive
Yesterday (27 Dec 2021), I streamed Introducing SSIS Catalog Archive. Since then, I’ve finished the first draft of documentation. Today (28 Dec 2021) I streamed about configuring SSIS Catalog Archive – a free and open-source project I designed to support managing the SSIS Catalog log tables. Links in today’s stream: SSIS Catalog Archive @ github …
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