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Data Integration at Microsoft: Technologies and Solution Patterns (video)
Another talk at the MS BI Conference that I really found useful was Jeff Bernhardt’s talk about the different data integration technologies at Microsoft. Data Integration at Microsoft: Technologies and...
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SSIS Performance Design Patterns (video)
The Performance Design Patterns talk I did at Tech Ed 2010 has been posted online. This is pretty much the same talk I gave at SQL Saturday #43, so if you had attended and were looking for the slides,...
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Performance Tuning SSIS (video)
Brian Knight's Performance Tuning SSIS talk from Tech Ed 2010 has been posted online. Performance Tuning Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services In this demo-rich presentation, learn some of the...
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SSIS Configuration and Deployment Videos
We’ve been hard at work on the next version of the product for a while now. I should be able to talk more about our plans sometime in the fall, but until then I can say that configuration and...
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Bulk Report Generation using SSIS and SSRS 2008 R2
A new article on how to programmatically generate reports in large volumes using SSIS and SSRS has been published in the MSDN Library. It provides an interesting example of how to parameterize your...
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String to Date conversion
This question recently came up on an internal SSIS mailing list: We’re converting date strings to date columns using the Derived Column transform. We’ve noticed some weird conversion behavior with...
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Optimizing the Slowly Changing Dimension Wizard
As a follow-up to my previous post about SCD processing in SSIS, I thought I’d go deeper into using the built-in Slowly Changing Dimension Wizard. While there are definitely more efficient ways to do...
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Speeding up Derived Column Transforms
A new technical note about splitting up transforms to increase performance has been posted on the SQLCAT site. It’s something you want to consider when you’re using synchronous transforms (like Derived...
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Upcoming Product Changes
We’ve been hard at work on the next version of SQL Server, and it’s (almost) time to start sharing some of exciting new functionality we’ve introduced to SSIS. Over the new few months (starting about...
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SQL PASS Summit 2010
Will you be attending PASS this year? I’ll definitely be there, along with most of the SSIS team! I’ll be presenting a talk about the next version of SSIS, and representing SSIS in the BI Power Hour....
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SQL Server Denali – What’s Coming Next in SSIS
Thanks to everyone who attended my session at SQL PASS yesterday. The recording of the session isn’t available yet, but thankfully, Steve Swartz, the Group Program Manager for the SSIS team, presented...
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SSIS Tips & Tricks
Steve Swartz’s SSIS Tips & Tricks session from TechEd Europe 2010 is available online. Be sure to check it out! SSIS 2008: Tips and Tricks Are you starting up a new project with SQL Server...
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SQL Server Denali Resource Center
Looking for more information on SSIS functionality in SQL Server Denali? Head over to the SQL Server Denali Resource Center. There are plenty of articles and links to community blog posts, as well as...
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EzAPI - Update
I’ve just updated the Codeplex version of EzAPI – an alternative SSIS package creation API. If you missed the previous release, I definitely recommend checking it out. Updates include : Support for...
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New and Improved Connectivity Wiki
We’ll soon be taking down the old connectivity wiki, and have moved all of the content to the new Technet Wiki Pages. You can find a full list of SSIS wiki pages here, or you can click through to the...
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LEFT Function in SSIS Expressions
There are a number of small changes to Integration Services in SQL Server Denali that might not be immediately apparent. One of these is the new LEFT function in the SSIS Expression language. This...
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Why does my package run slower in BIDS than DTEXEC?
Jamie Thomson recently suggested that you should run your packages using DTEXEC when doing performance testing, as it (typically) performs much better then when the same package is run in BIDS. If you...
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Tech Ed 2011 – Session Preference Survey
There is a Session Preference survey up on the Tech Ed North America 2011 site. This is a great way to provide input to the session selection committee. If you plan on attending Tech Ed NA, be sure to...
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How do I log to multiple locations?
Problem: I want all errors in my package to be reported to the Windows Event Log, and all other events to be logged to SQL Server. Logging all messages to multiple locations is pretty simple. On the...
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Learn SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services Now
The Data Platform Evangelism team has published the third unit in the SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course (a.k.a SQLInsights) on MSDN. The SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence...
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