Get hands-on, practical guidance for using Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, the next generation data integration platform from Microsoft. Integration Services is a powerful tool for business intelligence, so understanding the essentials--how to develop and deploy SSIS packages, as well as how to apply these skills to data warehousing solutions--is critical to harnessing the full benefits of SQL Server. This step-by-step tutorial teaches you all the essentials for getting started,including data transformation, scripting, security, and best practices for developing enterprise-class data integration applications. With STEP BY STEP, you work at your own pace through hands-on, learn-by-doing exercises. Whether you're a beginning programmer or new to this version of the technology, you'll understand the fundamental techniques for using SQL Server 2005 Integration Services. A companion CD includes data sets and sample code.

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Review of Step By Step - 2007-12-28
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I found this book to be quite informative. Given that I am a first timer to SSIS, there were some useful examples. There could have been more substance around the Datawarehousing part of the book. The examples provided on the CD were shockingly packaged. There were files missing and incorrect CD's. This is disappointing given that I bought this book because it was a Microsoft Press publishing.

Book not thoroughly reviewed! - 2008-05-07
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I agree witht the previous readers that the book was hastely done without any thought for quality! A lot of examples from the book differ drastically with the examples in the cd.(and even with the electronic copy of the book that came w/ the cd!)

I tried to salvage the situation by visiting MS Press for some errata announcements, but i was even more confused in the web-maze that they hyperlinked me to.... to no avail (surprise, surprise!)

If you have a limited budget on reference books... dont buy this one.

Poorly Reviewed - 2009-07-09
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This book and CD are full of mistakes. It makes some of the excercises seem worthless without tweaking. The book also gives many step by step labs that do not explain why you are doing what you are doing. Initial lessons before the labs are fair at best.

Very bad companion CD-ROM - 2008-12-14
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The book is fine but the quality of the companion CD-ROM is terrible: Missing files; contents of the CD does not match with description from the book...

If you plan to try to go through the samples in the book/CD-ROM then forget about it. It's very confusion and wasting your time.

It's a bad book that Microsoft to put its name behind it.

Exactly what you need if you're new to SSIS - 2008-08-01
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If you're new to SSIS, this book is great. It covers the fundamentals in an easy, step-by-step way.

It is true that there are quite a few errors in the book. Before diving in you should visit the errata list on the website, but that should be the habit whenever working through a technical learning book. The exercises on the accompanying CD had quite a few problems, but nothing that couldn't be worked through.

As a surprise bonus, Chapter 12, "Data Warehouse Concepts", was an excellent introduction to the topic and it made me understand things I haven't been able to grasp before.

Altogether, a very satisfying book.

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