Join Kent Bradshaw and me as we present (another) free Enterprise Data & Analytics webinar Tuesday, 23 Apr 2019 at 12:00 PM EDT: Enterprise SSIS Execution. Abstract SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a powerful enterprise data integration tool that ships free with Microsoft SQL Server. Join Andy Leonard – Microsoft Data platform MVP, author, …
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Regarding SSIS Frameworks, Part 1 – Execution
Why Use a Framework? The first answer is, “Maybe you don’t need or want to use a framework.” If your enterprise data integration consists of a small number of SSIS packages, a framework could be an extra layer of hassle metadata management for you that, frankly, you can live without. We will unpack this in …
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Honored to Present Intelligent Data Integration at SQL Saturday – Virginia Beach!
SQL Saturday 839 – Virginia Beach has three precons scheduled for 07 June. That’s three opportunities for you to learn from, “A couple really smart people – plus me!” Who are these smart people? Andrew Kelly and John Morehouse will be speaking on Core Level Performance Monitoring and Managing and Architecting Azure Data Platform, respectively. …
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Honored to Present Intelligent Data Integration at SQL Saturday – Dallas!
SQL Saturday 841 – Dallas has four precons scheduled for 31 May. Four. If you have ever organized a SQL Saturday or similarly-sized event, you know this takes a lot of hard work. Hat’s off to the organizers! I describe the precon presenters as, “A bunch of really smart people – plus me!” Chris Hyde, …
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Lift and Shift SSIS to Azure
Enterprise Data & Analytics‘ data engineers are experts at lifting and shifting SSIS to Azure Data Factory SSIS Integration Runtime. Our state-of-the-art DILM Suite tools in the capable hands of our experienced data engineers combine to drastically reduce the amount of time to manually migrate and apply SSIS Catalog configuration artifacts – Literals, Catalog Environments and Catalog Environment Variables, …
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Mean Time to Identify Failure
While managing a team of 40 ETL developers, I wanted to track lots of metrics. Some of the things I wanted to track were technical, like SSIS package execution times. Some metrics were people-centric. Andy’s First Rule of Statistics states: You can use statistics for anything about people, except people. Andy – circa 2005 It was …
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Packaging SSIS Catalog Deployments
I love the SSIS Catalog. It’s an elegant piece of data integration engineering and I cannot say enough positive things about it. Packaging SSIS Catalog deployments can be tricky, though. The SSIS Catalog is a framework. Frameworks manage execution, configuration, and logging; and the SSIS Catalog handles each task with grace. Like I said, I …
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Catalog Browser v0.7.8.0
I’ve been making smaller, more incremental changes to SSIS Catalog Browser – a free utility from the Data Integration Lifecycle Management suite (DILM Suite). You can use SSIS Catalog Browser to view SSIS Catalog contents on a unified surface. Catalog Browser works with SSIS Catalogs on-premises and Azure Data Factory SSIS Integration Runtime, or Azure SSIS. It’s …
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Want a Free #DILM Book? See Me at the #PASSsummit 2018!
I’ll be at the PASS Summit 2018 next week. I’m delivering a full-day precon Monday, presenting Faster SSIS and participating in the BI & Data Visualization Panel Wednesday, and Enterprise Data & Analytics is exhibiting Wednesday through Friday. “You Mentioned a Free Book…” Oh. Yeah. That. I will be giving away free copies of my latest book: Data Integration …
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DILM Tiers for the SSIS Enterprise
“How many Data Integration Lifecycle Management tiers (DILM tiers) do I need to deploy SSIS, Andy?” If I had a nickel for every time I am asked this question, I would have a lot of nickels. My answer is, “Four.” Why Four? I’m glad you asked. Before I answer, I have a question for you: …
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