Importing data from Excel to SQL Server requires going back in time, so to speak. Yes, back to 32-bits at runtime. As much as it can be a pain, a lot of projects still require that you import data ...

You have a lot of interdependencies between tables. Network, data, and servers are really stable (won’t need to restart often). You may need to change package-level info frequently.

When building an SSIS package, you probably find that a lot of the time you don't want one bad row to blow up the whole ETL. Many of the data flow tasks include the option to redirect errors down ...