Chapter 1. Welcome to SQL Server Integration Services 2005
IN THIS CHAPTER
• What Is SQL Server Integration Services?
• A Short Integration Services History
• What’s New? (Or, This Is Not Your Father’s DTS!)
“I SAVED THE SHOT WITH MYFACE!”—MARK DURLEY
This chapter is a brief introduction to Integration Services, its origins, its history, and a high-level view of what Integration Services is and how it can be used.
What Is SQL Server Integration Services?
Depending on whom you ask, you might get different answers to that question ranging from descriptions such as a data import/export wizard, to an ETL tool, to a control flow engine, to an application platform, or to a high-performance data transformation ...
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