“There I was…” happy as a clam, rolling right along in my free webinar titled “Introduction to Lifting and Shifting SSIS to the Cloud” (you can view the recording if you missed it [registration required]). I opened Catalog Browser to show off this free utility from DILM Suite and “Guess what my code did?” “Exactly what you …
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Lift and Shift SSIS Part 1: Deploy Integration Runtime SSIS
What if I told you, “You can quickly and easily deploy Integration Runtime SSIS projects to Azure Data Factory?” You can! As shown in the image, you can simply right-click the SSIS project name in SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) Solution Explorer and click Deploy to deploy the project to the Azure Data Factory (ADF) …
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How I Build an SSIS Test Virtual Machine
I use VirtualBox for my hypervisor engine. I started using it years ago when it was the first free hypervisor I found that supported 64-bit guests. In this post I share some thoughts about testing SSIS using a test virtual machine (VM). There are other awesome hypervisor platforms out there. In setting up a virtual …
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Two Recordings Available: SSIS Catalog and SSIS Lifecycle
Andy Leonard shares two recordings about using the SSIS Catalog to manage enterprise data engineering.
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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SSIS Catalog Compare: Help for DBAs Who Support SSIS
In my SQL Server Central article, Help for DBAs Who Support SSIS, I walk through several DILM (Data Integration Lifecycle Management) use cases including: Surfacing SSIS Catalog metadata Comparing SSIS Project configurations in two SSIS Catalogs Scripting SSIS Project ISPAC files Deploying an SSIS Project from one SSIS Catalog directly to another SSIS Catalog Generating scripts …
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Andy’s Excellent SSIS-in-the-Cloud Adventure, Part 3 – Execution, Monitoring, and Deployment Alternatives
In Andy’s Excellent SSIS-in-the-Cloud Adventure, Part 1 – Build an ADFv2 IR Instance I wrote about the three steps to configure Azure-SSIS Integration Runtime in Azure Data Factory Version 2 (ADFv2 IR, or SSIS in the cloud). In Andy’s Excellent SSIS-in-the-Cloud Adventure, Part 2 – Deploy, Execute, and Monitor an SSIS Project I wrote about deploying, …
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Upcoming Catalog Properties Update for SSIS Catalog Compare
In this video I share and discuss upcoming updates to SSIS Catalog Compare‘s Catalog Properties node. Check it out! :{>
Coming Soon to SSIS Catalog Compare: Values Everywhere
I’ve been testing a new feature in SSIS Catalog Compare‘s catalog browser. I call it “values everywhere.” What do I mean by values everywhere? In the browser shown above, please note the reference mapping of the ConnectionString property for the package connection manager in SimplePackage.dtsx. Each Reference is listed as a child node of the reference …
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The Next Expert SSIS Delivery is 2.5 Days – 5-7 Mar 2018!
Yep, we’re doing it again! In cooperation with Brent Ozar Unlimited, the next delivery of Expert SSIS Training is 5-7 Mar 2018. I had a great time delivering this course with Brent in September and December 2017 and I’m excited to have the opportunity to share this material with you again! We’ve extended the course …
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