posted on Sunday, March 27, 2005 7:48 AM
by
Knight_Reign
Next CTP available soon...
We're really close to sending out the next CTP. There are a few notable changes in Integration Services.
- Package Reader/Writer roles enabled in Management Studio. You probably haven't heard much about the security features in Integration Services because not a lot of people know about them. I'll blog on this soon, but this is part of that set of security features that have recently come online.
- Better access to DTS 2000 packages node
- You can launch the migration wizard directly from the DTS 2000 packages node in Management Studio.
- Important bug fixes
- There are also some known issues.
These are all noted in the CTPNotes (readme) but my guess from the questions being asked on newsgroups etc. is that few people actually read that document because:
- People don't know about it. Now you do.
- It's very long. It is very long, but it's also separated into product interest areas so that if you're only interested in replication or reporting services etc., you can read just the portions that pertain to those products.
- Didn't know it had this kind of information. The product specific information is toward the end of the document. Scroll down until you see the product name in which you're interested to get the latest changes.
It's worth a quick runthrough even if you don't read everything. There are probably one or two people in the world who read the entire document. But if you take a few minutes and breeze through it while you're waiting for it to install etc. I think it will be worth your time.
Thanks,
Universe.Earth.Software.Microsoft.SQLServer.IS.KirkHaselden