SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) 2012 doesn't support migrating or running DTS packages. You do have the following options for migrating your DTS packages to SSIS 2012. Migrate the packages to SSIS 2005 or SSIS 2008, and then upgrade the packages...

Hello everyone! The PASS Summit Call for Speakers is open until May 13th, and we’re looking for ideas. What SSIS topics would you like to see presented by the SSIS team this year? Here are some ideas that we’ve been tossing around…. SSIS performance Using...

Three slide decks from the SSIS presentations I did at SQL Bits X in London have been posted online. These include: SSIS Performance Design Patterns – full day training session! What’s New in SSIS for SQL Server 2012 – breakdown of the new features and...

The new Attunity connectors for Oracle and Teradata are now available on Microsoft.com. This version (v2.0) supports SQL Server 2012, and adds some new functionality for SQL Server 2008 / 2008 R2 (v1.2). From the site: Microsoft Connector Version 2.0...

An interesting case study about how SSIS is used by Canada Post has recently been published . The article mentions how they built an SSIS scale-out solution which processes 10-15 GB of data per day (with four worker nodes). Definitely an interesting read...

In SQL Server 2005, and the non-Enterprise editions of SQL 2008/SQL 2008 R2, SSIS doesn't provide an out-of-the-box option for bulk loading Oracle data. Instead, SSIS components implement single row inserts to load data to Oracle. This can result in issues...

One of the new features introduced in SQL Server 2012 is the ability to use SQL Server CDC for tracking changes on an Oracle table. In the following post you will understand how to setup such a service for tracking changes on your Oracle tables. Configuring...

Integration Services catalog (SSISDB) uses the encryption mechanism available in SQL Server to protect its sensitive data. So backup and restore of SSIS catalog across machines need some extra steps in addition to the usual backup and restore steps. This...

SSIS 2012 introduces significant improvements in how SSIS packages are deployed, configured and managed in a centralized SSIS catalog. The SSIS catalog corresponds to a user database, called SSISDB. You can secure the SSIS objects in the SSIS catalog...

In SQL Server 2012, SSIS includes some very useful enhancements to package variables. You can now change the scope of an existing package variable. Just select the variable in the Variables window and click the new Move Variable icon. Then, in...

An updated version of the Attunity Connectors for Oracle & Teradata are not yet available on the Microsoft.com download center, but will be up there soon. The plan is to have these connectors available in Q1 of this year. The basic functionality will...

The EzAPI project has been updated for the SQL Server 2012 release. You can find the updated source code here . Changes Task and Component IDs updated for SQL 2012 For 2005/2008 support, please use a previous version of the code Project upgraded to .NET...

Quick post – just wanted to mention the full day SSIS Design Patterns talks I’ll be doing at SQL Saturday #105 and SQL Bits X. Details are available here: SQL Saturday #105 Pre-Con SQL Bits X – Training Day For a sample...

In SQL Server 2012, you can now debug the Script component by setting breakpoints and running the package in SQL Server Data Tools ( replaces BIDS ) . When the package execution enters the Script component, the VSTA IDE reopens and displays your...

As you may already know, the SQL Native Client OLE DB provider is being deprecated. This doesn't affect other OLE DB providers or the OLE DB API. Also, the SSIS OLE DB components are not being deprecated. In SQL Server 2012 SSIS, you can continue to...

The SSIS team is now hiring developers! Would you like to be a key part of a successful team that is rapidly increasing its impact on the multi-billion dollar Data Integration market? Are you enthusiastic about data integration, transformation, performance...

Now that the MSDN blog platform supports having multiple authors (ok, it’s supported it for years, but I only just figured out how to do it…), we’re going to start seeing a lot more posts from other members of the SSIS team. I will continue writing about...

A new whitepaper on upgrading SSIS to SQL Server 2012 is now available . Summary: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (SSIS) provides significant improvements in both the developer and administration experience. This article provides tips that...

There have been a couple of improvements made to the Raw File Source and Destination in RC0 . The Raw file format now contains Sort information The Destination saves all sort info (including the Comparison Flags for string columns) The Source reads and...

A new tool for SSIS 2008 and 2008 R2 is now available for editing package configuration files. The Package Configuration File Editor identifies configuration paths that are not valid and enables you to correct the paths without having to open the package...

One of the post-CTP3 changes for SSIS in SQL Server 2012 is the addition of a user interface for the Pivot transform. This post walks through the new UI, which can be found in the new RC0 preview release. Sample Data For this example, we’ll be pulling...

This post is from Parth Shah, a Software Development Engineer in Test on the SSIS Team. Previously we have talked about SSIS Catalog Managed Object Model . For those of you don’t remember what MOM is or have not heard of it before, think about MOM as...

At the 2011 PASS Summit I presented a Top 10 list of features that had been added since CTP3 , or hadn’t gotten much attention so far. Now that the SQL Server Release Candidate 0 (RC0) available , I can start blogging about them! I’ll continue to post...

The PASS Summit Schedule Builder is live, and I’ve spent the morning looking over all of the great sessions they have lined up. I always find putting together a schedule challenging – it’s hard to balance my time between the sessions that I want to attend...

A quick post today about SQL Server Denali. BIDS now uses a special icon marker (called an Adorner) to indicate package objects that have expressions set on them. In CTP3, these adorners appear on Connection Managers and Variables. As I mentioned in my...