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Yes, it seems like a tool for DBA's, which is why I have not been asked to touch it thus far.<br />
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Thanks.
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Yes, it seems like a tool for DBA's, which is why I have not been asked to touch it thus far.

Thanks.

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I've had a number of gigs where SSIS was my primary application, building various data feeds to go to/from our company and various client sites of their data, for a wide array of purposes: &nbsp;Policies, coverage, accounting data, the Osama Bin Laden financial transactions over ten grand list, The Trolling For Dead People (TFDP) feed, reinsurance, flight data, maintenance and scheduling data, commodities pricing, supply chain pumping and volumns, ACH data for having the bank process loan payments, you name it.
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I've had a number of gigs where SSIS was my primary application, building various data feeds to go to/from our company and various client sites of their data, for a wide array of purposes:  Policies, coverage, accounting data, the Osama Bin Laden financial transactions over ten grand list, The Trolling For Dead People (TFDP) feed, reinsurance, flight data, maintenance and scheduling data, commodities pricing, supply chain pumping and volumns, ACH data for having the bank process loan payments, you name it.

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I use SSMS often and have used SSRS as well.<br />
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What does SSIS do? What are the biggest features of SSIS?
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I use SSMS often and have used SSRS as well.

What does SSIS do? What are the biggest features of SSIS?

HIghlights of SSIS?

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning. Major improvements include the  Always On technologies and support for unstructured data types.

Microsoft SQL Server 2008

Microsoft SQL Server is a suite of relational database management system (RDBMS) products providing multi-user database access functionality.SQL Server is available in multiple versions, typically identified by release year, and versions are subdivided into editions to distinguish between product functionality. Component services include integration (SSIS), reporting (SSRS), analysis (SSAS), data quality, master data, T-SQL and performance tuning.

Microsoft SQL Server

SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) is a server-based report generation software system from Microsoft. It can prepare and deliver a variety of interactive and printed reports and is administered via a web interface or its web service. Its web services interface also supports the development of custom reporting applications. Finally, SSRS can also be integrated with SharePoint. SSRS competes with other business intelligence tools, most prominently Crystal Reports.

SSRS

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a component of the Microsoft SQL Server database software that can be used to perform a broad range of data migration tasks. SSIS is a platform for data integration and workflow applications. It features a fast and flexible data warehousing tool used for data extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL). The tool may also be used to automate maintenance of SQL Server databases and updates to multidimensional cube data. SSIS replaced Data Transformation Services, which had been a feature of SQL Server since Version 7.0.