The Day Our SSIS Catalogs Didn’t Match

I knew what I was doing. I wrote the lifecycle management chapter in the Wrox SSIS 2005 book. I implemented SSIS lifecycle management at Unisys. We’d done everything by the book. Well, by the books.  This book and this book. In 2013, I led a team that designed an SSIS project that included over 300 …
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Announcing: SSIS Lifecycle Advisory

I’ve launched a new fixed-scope advisory offer for organizations running SSIS in production. Many teams do not have an SSIS problem.They have a lifecycle management problem. Deployments feel risky.Change visibility is limited.Governance is inconsistent.Modernization questions keep piling up. The SSIS Lifecycle Advisory is designed to help teams get clear on: deployment and release risk governance …
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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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Introduction to the SSIS Lifecycle – 7 Jun 2018

Join me Thursday, 07 Jun at noon EDT for a free webinar: Introduction to the SSIS Lifecycle! How should an enterprise promote SSIS projects from Development to Production? How many “levels” are required? What are the best practices? Do SSIS lifecycle management tools exist? Join Andy Leonard – SSIS author, trainer, and consultant – to …
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