Wrapping up the Summer o’ ADF 2019

As the 2019 Summer o’ ADF 2019 draws to a close, we look forward to shorter and cooler Autumn days (in the northern hemisphere, at least!), conference season, and the fast-approaching holidays. As always, I had an absolute blast sharing tips and tricks for using Azure Data Factory in the enterprise. I must admit that …
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SSIS Is Not Dead (Or Dying)

A few weeks ago I began hearing a rumor that SSIS had a couple years of life remaining. “In two years or so,” according to the rumor, “SSIS will die and be replaced with Azure Data Factory.” Is Microsoft capable of such a move; deprecating a technology? Yep. Remember SQL Server Notification Services? I can …
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Free Webinar: Execute SSIS Packages in Azure-SSIS from Visual Studio

Join me 15 Jul 2019 at 12:00 PM EDT for another free Enterprise Data & Analytics webinar titled Execute SSIS Packages in Azure-SSIS from Visual Studio! Abstract Join Microsoft Data Platform MVP Andy Leonard for this free webinar to learn more about the Visual Studio Extension for Integration Services 3.1, which allows SSIS developers to …
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Azure Data Factory, Azure-SSIS, and Pipeline Parameters Recording

Enjoy the recording of the free Azure Data Factory, Azure-SSIS, and Pipeline Parameters Recording! Another free webinar presented by Enterprise Data & Analytics as part of the Summer O’ ADF 2019.

SSIS in SSMS Version 18: Try SSIS in Azure Data Factory

There’s a new option when you right-click the Integration Services Catalogs node in SSMS v18: “Try SSIS in Azure Data Factory”: Clicking the “Try SSIS in Azure Data Factory” option in SSMS v18 opens the (new) Integration Runtime Creation Wizard (ISIRCreationWizard.exe, which is found in the <installation drive>:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio 18\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\SSIS\150\Binn directory): …
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SSIS in SSMS Version 18

  Version 18 of SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) has been out for a few weeks now, but I just now had the opportunity to install it and tinker. There are a lot of new features! Here’s a list of SSIS-related features: Added support to allow customers to schedule SSIS packages on Azure-SSIS IRs that …
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