Businesses often have to move data around the way construction companies move dirt. A tool like SSIS, designed to transfer and transform large amounts of data, helps take care of the heavy lifting.

NOTE: I haven't used SSIS for years. I'm rusty, so feel free to speak gently to me.<BR><BR>I've got an Excel sheet put together by business analysts that has very de-normalized data. I need to go ...

Do you have a large data import that leaves your indexes less than perfect? Do you want to backup your current database before you run a purge package? You are in luck; SSIS contains a handful of ...