This three-day instructor-led course teaches students how to implement an Integration Services solution in an organization. The course discusses how to develop, deploy, and manage Integration Services packages.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Describe SQL Server Integration Services and its tools.
• Create an Integration Services package.
• Implement control flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement data flow in an Integration Services package.
• Implement logging in an Integration Services package.
• Debug and implement error handling in an Integration Services package.
• Implement checkpoints and transactions in an Integration Services package.
• Deploy an Integration Services package.
• Manage and secure an Integration Services package.

Before attending this course, students must have:

• Exposure to enterprise data import and export scenarios.
• Experience navigating the Microsoft Windows Server environment.
• Experience with Microsoft SQL Server, including:
  • SQL Server Agent.
  • SQL Server query language (SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, and DELETE).
  • SQL Server System tables.
  • SQL Server accounts (users and permissions).

• Course 6231: Maintaining a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database.
• Course 6232: Implementing a Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Database.

Course Outline:

1 - Introduction to SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
The students will be introduced to the role that Integration Services plays in extracting, transforming, and loading data. The students will also be introduced to the tools that are used to build and manage Integration Services solutions.

Lessons

• Overview of SQL Server Integration Services
• Using Integration Services Tools

• Using the Import and Export Wizard
• Running an Integration Services Package
• Import Data Using the Import and Export Wizard
• Managing Packages

• Describe Integration Services solutions.
• Use Integration Services tools.

2 - Developing Integration Services Solutions
The students will be introduced to the development tasks that are involved in creating an Integration Services package.

Lessons

• Creating an Integration Services Solution
• Using Variables
• Building and Running a Solution

• Creating an Integration Services Project
• Implementing a Package
• Building and Running an Integration Services package

• Create a SQL Server Integration Services solution.
• Use variables.
• Build and run a solution.

3 - Implementing Control Flow
The students will be introduced to the tasks and precedence constraints that can be used to implement control flow in an Integration Services package.

Lessons

• Control Flow Tasks
• Control Flow Precedent Constraints
• Control Flow Containers

• Creating a Simple Control Flow
• Configuring Precedence Constraints
• Using Containers

• Configure control flow tasks.
• Configure control flow precedence constraints.
• Configure control flow containers.

4 - Implementing Data Flow
The students will be introduced to the data flow sources, transformations, and destinations that can be used to implement a data flow task in an Integration Services control flow. It also explains how to use data flow paths to direct valid and invalid rows through the data flow.

Lessons

• Data Flow Sources and Destinations
• Basic Data Flow Transformations
• Advanced Data Flow Transformations
• Data Flow Paths

• Transferring Data
• Implementing Transformations
• Using Data Viewers
• Configuring Error Output

• Implement data flow sources and destinations.
• Implement basic data flow transformations.
• Implement advanced data flow transformations.
• Implement data flow paths.

5 - Implementing Logging
The students will be introduced to how to use logging in an Integration Services package, and explained how to configure and use logging providers to generate information about a package's execution.

Lessons

• Overview of Integration Services Logging
• Using Logging

• Configuring Logging
• Implementing Custom Logging

• Describe Integration Services logging.
• Implement Integration Services logging.

6 - Debugging and Error Handling
The students will be introduced to how to debug Integration Services packages by using the debugging tools in Business Intelligence Development Studio. It then explains how to implement error-handling logic in an Integration Services package.

Lessons

• Debugging a Package
• Implementing Error Handling

• Debugging a Package
• Implementing Error Handling
• Controlling Failure Behavior

• Debug an SSIS package.
• Implement error handling.

7 - Implementing Checkpoints and Transactions 
The students will be introduced to what checkpoints are and how to implement them. It then discusses transactions, and describes how to implement transactional data access logic in an Integration Services package.

Lessons

• Implementing Checkpoints
• Implementing Transactions

• Implementing Checkpoints in a Package
• Implementing Transactions in a Package
• Implementing a Native Transaction

• Implement checkpoints.
• Implement transactions.

8 - Configuring and Deploying Packages 
The students will be introduced to how to create Package Configurations and how to deploy Integration Services packages to production servers.

Lessons

• Package Configurations
• Preparing and Deploying Packages

• Creating a Package Configuration
• Preparing a Package for Deployment
• Deploying a Package

• Implement package configurations.
• Deploy packages.

9 - Managing and Securing Packages 
The students will be introduced to the management tasks that relate to Integration Services packages and explained how to perform those tasks by using the Integration Services management tools. It also describes how to secure Integration Services packages.

Lessons

• Managing Packages
• Securing Packages

• Importing a Package
• Configuring, Executing, and Monitoring a Package
• Scheduling a Package
• Securing a Package

• Manage packages.
• Secure packages.