For the past two years, I have had the honor and privilege or authoring SSIS Design Patterns alongside Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford, Tim Mitchell, and Matt Masson. Publication of the book – like many projects of this scope – has been delayed. The current publication date is 27 Aug 2012 and I have high confidence in this date. I take ...

Long gone are the days when you can reasonably expect to know all aspects of SQL Server at a deep level.  When a new version starts to emerge, I try to put some scope around the features that I will dive more deeply into.  I'm publishing my list here so that like-minded SQL Server enthusiasts may become aware of a feature or ...