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Microsoft Business Intelligence Development in a Team Environment

Today I received an email asking to some extent best practices on development with SQL Server Integration Studio (SSIS) and Business Intelligence Developer Studio (BIDS) in a team environment. Here is part of the email:
Me and another DBA belong to the same team, we have a SQL server with SSIS running. We use the SSIS [...]

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The problem isn’t SQL Server. It’s you.

Throughout all my years in different places, I have seen SQL, Oracle, Firebird, MySQL, DB2, Zortec, Access, and probably a few other crazy databases set up and run, and administered. Of course most of them along the way have been Microsoft SQL Server, (6.5, 7, 2000, 2005, 2008). I’ve worked with some knowledgeable DBA’s, and [...]

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Business Intelligence != Reporting

Last week I was in a heated discussion about Business Intelligence, and it came up that “Business Intelligence is just writing reports, what is the difference from just writing some reports?”
I tend to disagree. Writing reports is, well, writing reports. You can write reports off of tons of data, and yeah, probably get some good [...]

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SSIS – Slowly Changing Dimensions with Checksum

In the Microsoft Business Intelligence world, most people use SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to do their ETL. Usually with your ETL you are building a DataMart or OLAP Database so then you can build a multi-dimensional cube using SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) or report on data using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).
When [...]

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