Announcing SSIS Premium Training

I’m excited to announce the availability of SSIS Premium, a training offering focused solely on SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) recorded training. Learn more about each offered course at the following links: From Zero to SSIS – four days of recorded training, includes labs. Master the SSIS Catalog – a day of SSIS Catalog recorded …
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SSMS 20.2 Update Resolves Certificate Chain Not Trusted with SSIS and SQL Agent

I’m reading Announcing SSMS 20.2 … and getting feedback for SSMS 21 by Erin Stellato (LinkedIn) on the SQL Server Blog and this fix caught my eye: SSIS and SQL Agent – many customers ran into a connection error (“The certificate chain was issued by an authority that is not trusted”) in SQL Agent when trying …
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SSIS Extension Updates – Jun 2024

I am changing the way I report updates to the SQL Server Integration Services extension for Visual Studio. Henceforth, I intend to post an update once each quarter. I can hear some of you thinking, “Why are you making this change, Andy?” That’s an excellent question. I’m glad you asked! I get distracted and forget …
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Announcing Data Engineering Fridays!

I’m excited to announce Data Engineering Fridays! I can hear some of you thinking, … “What are Data Engineering Fridays, Andy?” That’s an awesome question! I’m glad you asked. Data Engineering Fridays is a weekly stream, between 24 May and 23 Aug 2024, in which I lead a discussion about data engineering-related topics. The 24 …
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SQL Server Integration Services Extensions Updates

It’s been a while since I blogged about SSIS extensions to Visual Studio. For that, I apologize. During my hiatus, The Microsoft SSIS Team appears to have separated the SSIS extensions for Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2022. The latest version of the Visual Studio 2019 SSIS extension is version 4.5, updated on my …
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Testing New SSIS Extensions – Some Basics

Featured image test tube drawing attribution: Test Vectors by Vecteezy. How do I test new SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) extensions and updates to Visual Studio? I have a collection of virtual servers that run locally on my laptop. SSIS extensions for Visual Studio 2019 and Visual Studio 2022 are now separate downloads (see the …
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Laid Off? Or the Beginning of Your Next Opportunity?

Updates: The “opp23” limited-time offer has expired. I may make similar offers in the future. The best way to learn of offers from me is to subscribe to my mailing list and check the checkbox labeled “I would like to receive more information about products, services, events, communications, and offers.” If you signed up for …
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Updated SSIS Extension v4.1.2 Includes Support for Visual Studio 2022

Update 19 Sep 2022: I communicated with the Microsoft SSIS Team. They shared they are targeting preview of VS2022 Integration Services Extension for the end of CY22. Important Note: I have not yet tested this version of the Integrated Services Extension in Visual Studio 2022. On 28 Jul 2021, the Microsoft SSIS Team released an …
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Promoting SSIS Catalog Objects Between Lifecycle Management Tiers

Code promotion is essential to DevOps. One problem solved by SSIS Catalog Compare is code promotion via scripting between Development, Test, Pre-Production, and Production lifecycle management tiers*. In the video, I demonstrate: One gap (scripting all SSIS objects stored in the SSIS Catalog) in SSIS management tools shipped with SSMS. One way SSIS Catalog Compare …
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