Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed

Description

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services is Microsoft's powerful platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformation solutions. It's a powerful product, but it's also complex and can be confusing if you don't have a clear map for the journey. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services Unleashed will be the only book you'll need to harness the power that Integration Services provides.

Through clear, concise explanations and samples, you'll grasp a clear understanding of working in the Integration Services environment, including how to set up stock components, how to use the various designer features, and how to gain practical knowledge on configuring, deploying, securing, and managing packages. Sample packages are provided to reinforce the discussion and quickly help you gain hands-on experience, and more complex topics such as Data Flow Task internals and tuning, advanced transformations, and writing custom components are all illustrated in easy-to-understand graphics. In addition, there are several custom tasks and transformations and two useful utilities with full source code available for you to use and study, including an ADO.NET destination, a text file encryption task, and a data profiling transform.

Detailed information on:

* Using the powerful Integration Services tools to create solutions without the need to write lines of code
* Creating packages programmatically or developing custom tasks via the Integration Services object
* Building robust packages to solve common requirements
* Securing packages for different environments
* Using often overlooked or unknown platform features
* Setting up all the stock components, including data flow components, tasks, Foreach enumerators, connection managers, and log providers
* Writing robust and useful custom tasks
* Building packages that seamlessly deploy to other environments
* Writing custom data flow adapters and transforms
* Using script tasks and components
* Easily modifying configurations for multiple packages simultaneously
* Writing a Task UI that looks just like the stock tasks
* Tapping into the power of Integration Services for accessing heterogeneous data sources
* Using expressions to make packages more responsive to the environment
* Migrating your DTS packages with no stress

Kirk Haselden is the Group Program Manager for the Microsoft Master Data Management product forthcoming in the next wave of Office SharePoint Services and owns the long term strategy, vision, planning, and development of that product. Kirk has been with Microsoft for 12 years in various groups including Hardware, eHome, Connected Home, SQL Server, and Office Business Platform. He was the development manager for Integration Services and the primary designer for the runtime, as well as many of the tasks. He has written a number of articles for SQL Server Magazine, speaks regularly at industry events, writes profusely on his personal and MSDN blog, and holds 35 patents or patents pending.

Category: Microsoft SQL Server

Covers: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services

User Level: Intermediate - Advanced

$59.99 US / $71.99 CAN / £38.99 Net UK

CONTENTS:

PART I: Getting Started

1 What is Integration Services and why do I need it?

2 Setting Up Integration Services

3 Migrating from DTS or SSIS 2005

4 What's New in 2008?

PART II: Integration Services Basics

5 The Business Intelligence Development Studio

6 The Building Blocks of Integration Services

7 Grouping Control Flow with Containers

8 Building a Package-Quick Start

PART III: Control Flow Services

9 The Venerable Variable

10 Using Expressions

11 The Stock Tasks and Connection Managers

12 Using The Script Task

13 Using the Data Profiling Task

14 Logging and the Stock Log Providers

15 Looping and Foreach Enumerators

PART IV: Management Services

16 SQL Server Management Studio

17 Using Source Control

18 Securing Packages

PART V: The Data Flow Task

19 Introducing the Data Flow Task

20 The Stock Data Flow Components

21 The Script Component

22 Advanced Data Flow Transformations

23 Data Flow Task Internals and Tuning

PART VI: Solving Common Challenges

24 Configuring and Deploying Packages

25 Common Challenges (Tips and Tricks)

PART VII: Advanced Package Concepts and Patterns

26 Troubleshooting packages

27 Building Advanced Packages

PART VIII: Programming Integration Services

28 Building Custom Tasks

29 Building Custom Data Flow Components