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SQL Server Integration Services

Ch 206.3of 27 ETL Software
  1. 1Runs onAPI, Linux, self-hosted, Windows
  2. 2CostsNot stated by the maker
  3. 3Deploymenthybrid
  4. 4Transformation modemixed
  5. 5Incremental loadingYes
  6. 6Change data captureYes
  7. 7Custom code transformsYes
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Overview

SQL Server Integration Services is ranked #20 of 27 in ETL software on Specifiction. It runs on API, Linux, Self-hosted, Windows. There is no free plan.

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Deployment
hybridlearn.microsoft.com
Transformation mode
mixedlearn.microsoft.com
Incremental loading
Yeslearn.microsoft.com
Change data capture
Yeslearn.microsoft.com
Custom code transforms
Yeslearn.microsoft.com

Facts

What it does
SQL Server Integration Services is a platform for enterprise data integration and transformation, including copying files, loading data warehouses, cleansing data, and managing SQL Server objects and data.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
ETL
SSIS extracts and transforms data from sources such as XML files, flat files, and relational data sources, then loads it into one or more destinations.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Package design
It includes graphical tools, built-in tasks and transformations, and an SSIS Catalog database for storing, running, and managing packages.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Extensibility
Developers can create packages programmatically and write custom tasks and other package objects.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Connections
Packages can connect to data stores including text, XML, and Excel files and relational databases for extracting, loading, lookups, SQL statements, and maintenance tasks.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Development and management
SQL Server Data Tools is used to develop packages, while SQL Server Management Studio is used to manage packages in production.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Azure execution
An Azure-SSIS integration runtime in Azure Data Factory or Azure Synapse Pipelines can run packages deployed to SSISDB, file system, Azure Files, or SQL Server MSDB on Azure SQL Managed Instance.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Package security
Package protection levels can protect sensitive data or the whole package using a password, user key, or server storage; password-based protection uses AES with a 256-bit key.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Linux support
Microsoft's feature matrix lists Linux support for Enterprise, Standard, and Express editions, and notes that DTSWizard.exe is not provided with SQL on Linux.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Support
The SSIS documentation directs users to the SSIS forum, Stack Overflow, the SSIS team blog, and issue and feature reporting.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Purpose
SSIS is a platform for building enterprise-level data integration and data transformation solutions, including copying files, loading data warehouses, cleansing and mining data, and managing SQL Server objects and data.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Data movement
SSIS extracts and transforms data from sources such as XML files, flat files, and relational data sources, then loads it into one or more destinations.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Programmability
Developers can program the Integration Services object model to create packages and custom tasks and other package objects.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Data transformations
Built-in transformations can aggregate, merge, distribute, modify, sort, sample, and look up data, among other operations.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Workflow tasks
Tasks can run packages, programs, and batch files; send emails and messages; work with XML; and access or modify SQL Server objects and data.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Package management
The SSIS Catalog database stores, runs, and manages packages; the SSISDB catalog can store, manage, run, and monitor them.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Azure connections
The Azure Feature Pack lets SSIS packages connect to Azure Blob Storage, Azure HDInsight, Azure Data Lake Store, Azure Synapse Analytics, and Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Other connectors
The installation guidance lists optional Microsoft connectors for Oracle, Teradata, and SAP BW.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Platform and installation
SSIS is installed through SQL Server Setup on a computer, either by itself or alongside other SQL Server components.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Notable limit
SSIS is not included with SQL Server Express, and installing SSIS alone does not install the tools needed to design and develop packages.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026
Design tooling
SSIS Designer is available in SQL Server Data Tools as part of an Integration Services project; SSDT and the appropriate extension are used to design and deploy packages.learn.microsoft.com · 7 Oct 2026

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