I’m excited to announce that I’ve completed – with help from my friend and brother and co-host of the Data Driven podcast, Frank La Vigne (Blog | @Tableteer) – the Microsoft Big Data Professional Program Capstone project! The capstone is the last course requirement (of 10 courses) to complete the Microsoft Professional Program in Big …
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Category:Automation
Honored to Deliver Intelligent Data Integration – a PASS Summit 2018 Precon
I’m honored to deliver my full-day precon, Intelligent Data Integration with SSIS, at the PASS Summit 2018! You can see a list of other precons at the PASS Summit 2018 Pre-Conference Sessions page. I refer to this group as “a bunch of really smart people… plus me!” Abstract What is Intelligent Data Integration? SSIS (SQL Server …
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My Learning Resources for SSIS
People often ask me, “Andy, where can I learn SSIS or learn more about it?” Well, you’re at one such location – my blog! I’ve been blogging about SSIS for about 10 years as I type this. There’s a lot posts here about SSIS – that’s the good news. The bad news is: There’s a …
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Why I Built SSIS Framework Community Edition, by Andy Leonard
A few weeks ago I published a blog post titled Why I Built DILM Suite, by Andy Leonard – an excerpt from the book Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS. Last week I published Why I Built SSIS Catalog Compare, by Andy Leonard, another excerpt from the book. This post is another excerpt of the same book. Enjoy! A …
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Why I Built SSIS Catalog Compare, by Andy Leonard
A few weeks ago I published a blog post titled Why I Built DILM Suite, by Andy Leonard – an excerpt from the book Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS. This post is another excerpt of the same book. In fact, this is the chapter that follows the chapter on Catalog Browser (which is …
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Free Webinar – Win a Free Book! Introduction to DILM 1 Mar 2018
Join me 1 Mar 2018 at noon ET for Introduction to DILM – a free webinar in which we explore Data Integration Lifecycle Management using SSIS as an example. One attendee will score an autographed copy copy of my latest book, Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS! You must be present to win. In the …
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Biml Case Study: Automate an Extract for Patrick LeBlanc’s K12 Solution
My friend and brother, Patrick LeBlanc (@patrickdba), built a cool Power Bi Dashboard (and database!) to help K12 education systems track students and student activities such as attendance. Better yet, he gives it away! He gives away the code and he shares a free Guy in a Cube video walking through the features. Patrick emailed and …
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