A new free and open-source Catalog Reports project has been added to the Data Integration Lifecycle Management Suite (DILM Suite): Catalog Reports SP is deigned to surface SSIS Catalog reports data for enterprises deploying SSRS reports to SharePoint.
Upcoming Events Featuring the Latest Biml Products!
The latest versions of BimlExpress and BimlStudio have been released less than 24 hours – along with the debut of BimlFlex – and already there are free online events showcasing some of the products. They still have that new build smell! Enterprise SSIS, Biml, and DILM – join Kent Bradshaw and me for this fun-filled …
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It’s Biml Release Day!
The months of anticipation and waiting are over, the new and updated Biml products are here! Woo hoo! BimlExpress BimlExpress is still a free SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT) plugin. As BimlHero Cathrine Wilhelmsen points out in her post titled New Release: BimlExpress 2017!: “The new installer is a lightweight VSIX (Visual Studio Extension) Installer.” The …
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SSIS Framework Community Edition Updates
SSIS Framework Community Edition – the free and open-source SSIS Catalog-integrated execution framework – has been updated! The code now includes: A script to set a Catalog Literal override configuring the Parent package’s SSISDB connection manager with the connection string for your target SSISDB database. A stored procedure called custom.execute_catalog_parent_package that will simplify Framework Application executions …
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*DataPoint* SQL Saturday Atlanta Round-Up
Stevie Ray and I had a great time visiting Atlanta for SQL Saturday 652! Kudos to Rie Irish, the leadership team, volunteers, speakers, sponsors, and attendees – it was an awesome event! I was honored to spend a few moments with some cool technologists. First up were Adam Saxton and Patrick LeBlanc of Guy in …
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*DataPoint* Denny Cherry on the Rise of Data Science
Frank caught up with Denny Cherry at #MSInspire2017 for a chat about the Rise of Data Science.
The #MSInspire DataViz Wall
Frank is hanging out at the Microsoft Inspire 2017 DataViz Wall! Want more Data Driven videos? Connect with us on Facebook! :{>
Frank at Microsoft Inspire 2017 – Day 2
If Dr. Kristin Tolle – Director of the Data Science Initiative in Microsoft Research Outreach – says Frank is a data scientist, then Frank is a data scientist. Check out the Microsoft Learn Analytics site Kristin mentioned, as well as the Microsoft Certified Data Science certification program Frank just completed! Frank is having an awesome …
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New Data Driven Episode: Kamal Hathi
This week Frank and Andy are joined by Kamal Hithi, General Manager at Microsoft, co-founder of Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar Analytics and Business Intelligence products, team leader for the team that is responsible for the end-to-end strategy, design and engineering of Power BI!
Building Custom Tasks for SQL Server Integration Services Is Now Available!
Building Custom Tasks for SQL Server Integration Services, my latest book, is now available! Learn to build custom SSIS tasks using Visual Studio Community Edition and Visual Basic. Bring all the power of Microsoft .NET to bear on your data integration and ETL processes, and for no added cost over what you’ve already spent on …
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