Author: Daniel Calbimonte

Daniel Calbimonte is a SQL Server Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for 13 years, Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft Certified IT Professional, and Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist. He has written many articles for MSSQL Tips, SQLShack and SQL Central and has created videos about SQL Server. An active blogger on the MSDN web site, Daniel has work experience within government, academia, oil and gas industries, telecommunications, banking, and software and web development with SQL Server.

Upload Documents to Azure Data Lake and Export Data using SSIS

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 Introduction

Azure is growing every day. Microsoft created Azure, which is a Cloud Computing service released on 2010.

According to Microsoft, 80% of the fortune 500 companies are using Azure. Also, 40% of the Azure Revenue comes from Startups and independent software vendors. 33% of the Azure Virtual Machines are using Linux. Microsoft expects to earn $20 billion in 2018.

That is why companies are migrating part of the data to Azure and sometimes all the data.

Azure Data Lake is a special storage to analyze Big Data in parallel in Azure. It is optimized for analytics. You can store Social network data, emails, documents, sensor information, geographical information and more.

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Execute Powershell in SSIS Using C#

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Introduction

PowerShell is a Shell included in Windows to automate tasks in the operative system and other applications like SQL Server, SharePoint and Internet Information Services. You can create reports, start services, check the hard drive space, verify the RAM and more.

PowerShell can now be installed in Linux, Docker, and Mac.

You can use loops, comparisons, conditionals and more to create powerful scripts to automate tasks like creating Virtual Machines or SQL Servers in Azure.

In this new article, we will learn how to use the script task to invoke PowerShell in C#. The script task in SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) allows using C# or VB code to extend the SSIS features. Read More

Common Examples of SSIS Expressions and Variables

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Introduction

This article helps to enrich the functionality of SSIS. It is possible for example to set properties in tasks using expressions and we can assign values and create code to enrich the SSIS functionality.

This article is oriented to SSIS developers who have experience with basic tasks, but are not familiar with variables, scripts to enrich the functionality of the SSIS and to provide dynamic functionality.

This time we will talk about SSIS expressions, variables, and loops in SSIS. We will use expressions to set values in tasks using variables. We will also learn to create Script code in C#.

We will first talk about SSIS expressions and then we will use SSIS with the script task. Finally, we will work with Loop containers and the script task.

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