From me? I am honored to announce Fundamentals of Azure Data Factory – a course from Enterprise Data & Analytics! The next delivery is 04 Mar 2019, 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM ET. Azure Data Factory, or ADF, is an Azure PaaS (Platform-as-a-Service) that provides hybrid data integration at global scale. Use ADF to build …
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How May I Serve You?
2018 is drawing to a close. Some readers recently shared requests for more blog posts on certain topics. I thought I’d put the question to my audience (both of you, hi Mom!) to gather your thoughts. Feel free to leave a comment or reach out via email. Here are some topics I plan to blog …
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Bad Presentations
In just a few short weeks I am attending the PASS Summit 2018 in Seattle. Whenever I attend an event like the Summit or SQL Saturday I attempt to attend presentations of interest to me. I love learning new stuff! Good and Less-Good Most of the presentations I attend are good. Some are really good. They …
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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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Announcing SSIS Academy!
I’m pleased to announce the availability of SSIS Academy! I have a confession: Late last year when I wrote a post titled The Second-Best Time, I was writing to yours truly. I was inspired by some friends and presenters I met at the PASS Summit 2017. I jotted down some notes – just like I …
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My Learning Resources for SSIS
People often ask me, “Andy, where can I learn SSIS or learn more about it?” Well, you’re at one such location – my blog! I’ve been blogging about SSIS for about 10 years as I type this. There’s a lot posts here about SSIS – that’s the good news. The bad news is: There’s a …
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The Recording for Introduction to SSIS Design Patterns, Part 1 is Available
The Recording for Introduction to SSIS Design Patterns, Part 1 is now available (registration required). Abstract: SSIS Design Patterns are tried and true data integration patterns built in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). Join author and international speaker Andy Leonard as he explores: – The Truncate and Load Staging Pattern – The Incremental Load Pattern
Free Webinar: Introduction to Biml – 22 Feb 2018
Join me Thursday 22 Feb 2018 at noon ET for Introduction to Biml – a free webinar from Biml Academy. Abstract: Join Biml and SSIS author Andy Leonard as he presents Introduction to Biml! In this webinar, Andy covers the following topics: – Code your first Biml file in BimlExpress (free!) – Use BimlScript to automate …
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The Recording for Introduction to SSIS is Now Available
If you missed the live presentation do not despair: The recording for my free webinar Introduction to SSIS is now available (registration required)! Enjoy! :{>
Free Webinar: Introduction to SSIS – 15 Feb 2018
Join me Thursday 15 Feb 2018 at noon ET for Introduction to SSIS – a free webinar from Enterprise Data & Analytics. Abstract: Join SSIS author Andy Leonard as he presents Introduction to SSIS! In this webinar, Andy covers the following topics: – Build your first SSIS package, a data warehouse ETL stage loader – Deploy …
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