Pro SQL Server 2012 Integration Services

Pro SQL Server 2012 Integration Services teaches how to take advantage of the powerful extract, transform, and load (ETL) platform included with Microsoft SQL Server 2012. You’ll learn to build scalable, robust, performance-driven enterprise ETL solutions that save time and make money for your company. You'll learn to avoid common ETL development pitfalls and how to extend the power of your ETL solutions to include virtually any possible transformation on data from any conceivable source. SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) facilitates an unprecedented ability to load data from anywhere, perform any type of manipulation on it, and store it to any source.

Whether you are populating databases, retrieving data from the Web, or performing complex calculations on large data sets, SSIS gives you the tools to get the job done. And this book gives you the knowledge to take advantage of everything SSIS offers.

• Helps you design and develop robust, efficient, scalable ETL solutions
• Walks you through using the built-in, stock components
• Shows how to programmatically extend the power of SSIS to cover any possible scenario

What you’ll learn

• Create an SSIS package from scratch
• Deploy an SSIS package to any environment
• Benchmark the performance of SSIS packages using common tools
• Optimize SSIS data flows to achieve maximum performance
• Use .NET to extend the power of the stock SSIS toolkit
• Profile and scrub data during the ETL process

Who this book is for

Pro SQL Server 2012 Integration Services is for ETL developers, SQL developers, and database administrators at all levels of experience who want to harness the power of SSIS on SQL Server 2012. Whether you are using SSIS to build small, one-off ETL packages in a small shop, or building enterprise-wide ETL solutions in a Fortune 500 company, this book gives you the information you'll need to build powerful, scalable, and efficient ETL solutions at any level of complexity.

About the Authors

Francis Rodrigues is a business intelligence consultant based out of New York City. A computer science graduate of Loyola College in Maryland, he is an expert developer of enterprise business intelligence projects. His specialties include extract, transfer, load (ETL) solutions based on SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), and Oracle.

Michael Coles has more than a decade's experience designing and administering SQL Server databases. A prolific writer of articles on all aspects of SQL Server, particularly on the expert use of T-SQL, he holds MCDBA and MCP certifications. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of science degree in information technology from American Intercontinental University in Georgia. A member of the United States Army Reserve, he was activated for two years following 9/11.

David Dye is a Microsoft SQL Server MVP, instructor, and author specializing in relational database management systems, business intelligence systems, reporting solutions, and Microsoft SharePoint. For the past 9 years David's expertise has been focused on Microsoft SQL Server development and administration. His work has earned him recognition as: a Microsoft MVP in 2009 and 2010, a moderator for the Microsoft Developer Network for SQL Server forums, Innovator of the Year runner-up in 2009 by SQL Server Magazine, and in the Training Associates Technical Trainer Spotlight in April 2011. David currently serves as a technical reviewer and co-author with APress Publishing in the SQL Server 2012 series, and as an author with Packt Publishing.