Back in Jun 2024, I announced I was changing the way I report updates to the SQL Server Integration Services extension for Visual Studio (in a post titled SSIS Extension Updates – Jun 2024). Right on time, here’s the third quarterly update. There Are Two Integration Services Extensions I’m not sure why the decision was made …
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SSIS Catalog Browser v0.9.14.0 is Available
I am honored to announce the latest version of SSIS Catalog Browser is available for (free!) download. Updates in v0.9.14.0: Bug fixes. No longer mixing package parameter references with project parameter references in the Values Everywhere feature. Check it out today! Want to Learn Azure Data Factory (from me)? I’m delivering a full day of …
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Confidence and SSIS Catalog as Code
That’s what we sell at Data Integration Lifecycle Management Suite: confidence. Confidence There’s no substitute for that feeling of confidence when SSIS Catalog Compare is used to compare two SSIS Catalogs and the comparison yields no differences. I cannot improve on testimonies from our customers: The question of comparing a Production SSIS Catalog with a …
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SSIS Catalog Compare Code Promotion with DILM Deployment Utility
This post is a follow-up to my recent post titled Promoting SSIS Catalog Objects Between Lifecycle Management Tiers. DILM Deployment Utility is a great way to encapsulate SSIS Catalog folders as code in sccpac files. Drop the files in a git repo, add, commit, and push, and viola, scripts for your SSIS Catalog folder(s) and …
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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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SSIS Catalog Compare August Sale
For the month of August 2022, SSIS Catalog Compare Enterprise Edition yearly subscription is on sale for 60% off the regular yearly subscription rate! SSIS Catalog Compare facilitates Data Integration Lifecycle Management (DILM) and DevOps with SSIS by: Comparing SSIS Catalog metadata between data integration lifecycle tiers (Development, Test, QA, Production, etc.) Promoting (deploying) SSIS …
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Another Way to Use SSIS Catalog Compare to Migrate SSIS Catalog Folders
Update: SSIS Catalog Compare 2022 is generally available! SSIS Catalog Compare 2022 (Beta) is available at a dramatically-reduced yearly subscription rate at the time of this writing. The yearly subscription rate will increase when SSIS Catalog Compare becomes generally available (GA). Those willing to help out by testing the beta version (in Development and Test environments …
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Using SSIS Catalog Compare to Migrate SSIS Catalog Folders
SSIS Catalog Compare 2022 (Beta) is available at a dramatically-reduced yearly subscription rate at the time of this writing. The yearly subscription rate will increase when SSIS Catalog Compare becomes generally available (GA). Those willing to help out by testing the beta version (in Development and Test environments only, please!) will enjoy the beta yearly …
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Update – Want to Test SSIS Catalog Compare?
SSIS Catalog Compare 2022 (Beta) is available at a dramatically reduced yearly subscription rate and is ready for testing! When SSIS Catalog Compare 2022 is released for general availability, the price will increase for new purchases. Users who purchase the beta version will enjoy the same (dramatically reduced) yearly subscription rate. If you are using …
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SSIS Catalog Browser v0.9.12.0
When I tinker with SSIS Catalog Compare, SSIS Catalog Browser is affected. SSIS Catalog Browser is free, SSIS Catalog Compare is not free. I recently used SSIS Catalog Compare on a consulting engagement to migrate contents of an SSIS Catalog from one server to another. During the migration, I found references were not processed as …
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