Update – Want to Test SSIS Catalog Compare?

SSIS Catalog Compare 2022 (Beta) is available at a dramatically reduced yearly subscription rate and is ready for testing! When SSIS Catalog Compare 2022 is released for general availability, the price will increase for new purchases. Users who purchase the beta version will enjoy the same (dramatically reduced) yearly subscription rate. If you are using …
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On Broken References in the SSIS Catalog

I recently made this video to explain what I call “broken references” in the SSIS Catalog. In the video, I create and test a broken reference, and then demonstrate how SSIS Catalog Browser (and SSIS Catalog Compare) visualize broken references. Enjoy! What is a Broken Reference? It may help to define reference first. An SSIS …
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SSIS Catalog Browser v0.9.12.0

When I tinker with SSIS Catalog Compare, SSIS Catalog Browser is affected. SSIS Catalog Browser is free, SSIS Catalog Compare is not free. I recently used SSIS Catalog Compare on a consulting engagement to migrate contents of an SSIS Catalog from one server to another. During the migration, I found references were not processed as …
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SSIS Catalog Browser v0.9.10 is Available

I am excited to share the latest release of SSIS Catalog Browser, and it’s still free at DILM Suite! A feature I forgot to mention in the video is the “Check for Update” menu item: If you are running the current version – beginning in version 0.9.10.0 – clicking Help>Check for Update will display a …
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SSIS Framework Manager – Progress Report

Kent Bradshaw and I continue to update SSIS Framework Manager, the visual tool for managing SSIS Framework Applications. In our parlance, an SSIS Application consists of one or more SSIS Packages (to which we refer in the framework asĀ application packages) configured to execute in a specific order. To date, enterprises using SSIS Frameworks (well, our …
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Video-Follow-up on SSIS Framework Restartability

A couple days ago I delivered a short demonstration about SSIS Framework application restartability. I saw one thing I did not like – a bug – and I mentioned another bug I witnessed. Yesterday, Kent Bradshaw and I had another opportunity to work on the SSIS Framework code, so we fixed the glitches. Enjoy this …
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