Timothy is a technical editor with the microsoft Project UA group, and he previously worked as a Project support professional for six years. He possesses in-depth technical knowledge about the software.

This book will help you get past the initial learning curve quickly so that you can get started using SSIS to transform data, create a workflow, or maintain your SQL Server. Offering you hands-on guidance, you'll learn a new world of integration possibilities and be able to move away from scripting complex logic to programming tasks using a full-featured language.

What you will learn from this book

• Ways to quickly move and transform data
• How to configure every aspect of SSIS
• How to interface SSIS with web services and XML
• Techniques to scale the SSIS and make it more reliable
• How to migrate DTS packages to SSIS
• How to create your own custom tasks and user interfaces
• How to create an application that interfaces with SSIS to manage the environment
• A detailed usable case study for a complete ETL solution

Who this book is for

This book is for developers, DBAs, and users who are looking to program custom code in all of the .NET languages. It is expected that you know the basics of how to query the SQL Server and have some fundamental programming skills.

Wrox Professional guides are planned and written by working programmers to meet the real-world needs of programmers, developers, and IT professionals. Focused and relevant, they address the issues technology professionals face every day. They provide examples, practical solutions, and expert education in new technologies, all designed to help programmers do a better job.

Key Book Benefits:

-Now updated for Windows Server 2003 SP 1 and Release 2

-Provides fast facts and immediate reference for IT professionals supporting Windows Server 2003

-Zeroes in on exactly what the administrator needs to perform day-to-day tasks

-Delivers information in concise tables, easy-to-scan lists, and step-by-step instructions

-Pocket-sized format puts the right information right at your fingertips --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Mark has a B.S. from Carnegie Mellon University and an M.S. from Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, both in computer engineering. In 1994, he earned a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, also in computer engineering. Before founding Winternals Software, he worked at Compuware NuMega Laboratories and IBM’s Thomas J. Watson research Center.

David Solomon has focused on explaining the internals of the Windows NT operating system line since 1992. He has taught his world renowned Windows Internals classes to thousands of developers and IT professionals worldwide. His clients include all the major software and hardware companies, including Microsoft. He was a recipient of the 1993 microsoft Support Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award.

This is David's fourth book. His first book was Windows NT for OpenVMS Professionals (Digital Press/Butterworth Heinemann, 1996). It explained Windows NT to VMS-knowledgeable programmers and system administrators. Prior to starting his own company, David worked for nine years as a project leader and developer in the VMS operating system development group at Digital Equipment Corporation. His second book, Inside Windows NT 2nd edition, covered the internals of Windows NT 4.0. His third book, Inside Windows 2000 3rd edition, was co-authored with Mark Russinovich.

In addition to organizing and teaching seminars, David is a regular speaker at technical conferences such as microsoft TechEd and microsoft PDCs. He has also served as technical chair for several past Windows NT conferences. When he's not researching Windows, David enjoys sailing, reading, and Star Trek.

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