Enterprise Data & Analytics Welcomes Shannon Lowder!

I am honored and thrilled to welcome Shannon Lowder (@shannonlowder | blog | LinkedIn) to the Enterprise Data & Analytics team! Shannon is a data engineer, data scientist, BimlHero (though not listed on the page at the time of this writing), and shepherd of the Biml Interrogator open source project. If you use Biml to generate SSIS …
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Join me For Expert SSIS Training!

I’m honored to announce Expert SSIS – a course from Enterprise Data & Analytics! The next delivery is 01-02 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET. Data integration is the foundation of data science, business intelligence, and enterprise data warehousing. This instructor-led training class is specifically designed for SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) professionals …
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Viewing SSIS Configurations Metadata in SSMS

Let’s take a look at an SSIS Project in SSMS: Demo is the SSIS Catalog folder. Demo contains three SSIS projects named 0-Monolith, EmptySSISProject, and LiftAndShift. If we expand the LiftAndShift SSIS project we see it contains a single SSIS package named Load Customer.dtsx. The Demo folder contains two Catalog environments named env1 and env2. These …
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Using SSIS Framework Community Edition Webinar 20 Sep

Join me 20 Sep 2018 at noon ET for a free webinar titled Using SSIS Framework Community Edition! Abstract SSIS Framework Community Edition is free and open source. You may know can use SSIS Framework Community Edition to execute a collection of SSIS packages using a call to a single stored procedure passing a single …
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Honored to Present Faster SSIS at SQL Saturday Boston 22 Sep 2018!

I am honored to present Faster SSIS at SQL Saturday Boston 22 Sep 2018! Check out this schedule – there are a bunch of smart people presenting – plus me! Abstract Ever wonder why SSIS runs so slow? Watch SSIS author Andy Leonard as he runs test loads using sample and real-world data and shows …
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PASS Summit 2018 Starts in 10 Weeks!

Can you believe the PASS Summit 2018 begins only 10 weeks from today (27 Aug 2018)? I confess, this is sneaking up on me fast! I will be there. Will you? Where Can You Find Andy at the PASS Summit 2018? Precon! Monday 5 Nov 2018, I’m delivering a full-day pre-conference session titled Intelligent Data …
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What’s the Best Book for Learning SSIS?

I am often asked the question, “Andy, what’s the Best Book for Learning SSIS?” There are some really good books out there that will help you learn SSIS (and I am co-author of several). The book from which I learned the most about SSIS is Extending SSIS 2005 with Script by Donald Farmer. Why do …
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Free Webinar – Designing a Custom ADF SSIS Execution Framework

Folks, I’m not going to even pretend to be cool and collected about this webinar about designing an ADF SSIS Execution Framework. I’ve been waiting for this one for a loooooooong time! The next (free!) webinar in the series I’m calling the Summer-O’-ADF is Designing a Custom ADF SSIS Execution Framework. It’s at noon EDT Thursday …
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Free Webinar – ADF Controller Design Pattern with the SSIS Integration Runtime

The next free webinar in my Summer-O’-ADF series of free webinars is titled ADF Controller Design Pattern with the SSIS Integration Runtime. It’s scheduled for Thursday 5 Jul 2018 at noon EDT. It will be recorded in case you miss it. “Previously on the Summer-O’-ADF Series…” </DonLaFontaine> In my previous webinar, The Azure Data Factory Controller Design …
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