I was about to click the Publish button for this post about my new role as a product manager when my friend and brother, Scott, called. I mentioned it and Scott said, “You’re not just a product manager. You’re a problem-solver.” Scott is correct. Hence the parentheses in the title of this post. “Is This The …
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Category:SSIS Catalog
Announcing SSIS Catalog Compare Version 3!
I’m so happy to announce the release of SSIS Catalog Compare version 3! SCCv3 Speaks Cloud In May, Microsoft announced the general availability of Azure Data Factory SSIS Integration Runtime. Customers immediately began deploying SSIS from on-premises servers to the cloud. Some quickly recognized some gaps in the process, such as: On-premises, enterprises have the …
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DevOps and SSIS and Azure Data Factory
I wrote a book about practicing Data Integration Lifecycle Management with SSIS. In the book I explore tools I built to support DevOps with SSIS. Collectively, I call them the Data Integration Lifecycle Management Suite (DILM Suite). Many utilities at DILM Suite are free and some are open-source: SSIS Framework Community Edition – free, open-source, and …
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The Recording for Use SSIS Catalog Compare to Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF is Available
The recording for the Summer-O’-ADF webinar titled Use SSIS Catalog Compare to Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF is now available (registration required)! Abstract SSIS Catalog Compare facilitates DevOps for enterprise SSIS, saves time, improves code quality, and lifts and shifts SSIS projects to Azure Data Factory’s Integration Runtime. More than just an “Package / …
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DILM Suite + Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime
DILM Suite was designed to support enterprise data engineering / data integration with SSIS. But the solutions, utilities, and tools work well with Azure Data Factory Integration Runtime (ADF IR, or “SSIS in the cloud”). As I mentioned in my post titled The Cloud Costs Money, leaving ADF Integration Runtime running can get pricey – …
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SSIS Catalog Compare vNext Preview
I am happy to announce that the next version of SSIS Catalog Compare is officially in Preview! What exactly does “Preview” mean? I’m glad you asked. It means I am sharing copies of SSIS Catalog Compare with users of the current version to get their feedback, find bugs, and help identify improvements. Here’s a screenshot: …
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Free Webinar – Use SSIS Catalog Compare to Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF
I’m excited to announce the next free webinar in the Summer-O’-ADF series: Use SSIS Catalog Compare to Lift and Shift SSIS to ADF! Consider… Your enterprise uses Microsoft SQL Server so the powers-that-be asked the good people at Microsoft to demonstrate the latest and greatest Azure coolness. Due to competition on cost and time to …
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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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100 Dumb Little Things
Software development is hard. It takes time, yes. But more than that, software development takes patience and thought and blood and sweat and love and tears. My friends at Varigence recently released an update to their Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml) products. If you’re into business intelligence or data science, integration, or engineering, you should …
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