<s>
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
Integration	O
Services	O
(	O
SSIS	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
database	O
software	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
perform	O
a	O
broad	O
range	O
of	O
data	B-General_Concept
migration	I-General_Concept
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSIS	O
is	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
data	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
and	O
workflow	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
2005	O
,	O
SSIS	O
replaced	O
Data	B-General_Concept
Transformation	I-General_Concept
Services	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
a	O
feature	O
of	O
SQL	O
Server	O
since	O
Version	O
7.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Microsoft	O
"	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Dev	O
Essentials	O
"	O
it	O
is	O
now	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
SSIS	O
with	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2017	O
free	O
of	O
cost	O
so	O
long	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
for	O
development	O
and	O
learning	O
purposes	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
tasked	O
with	O
creating	O
or	O
maintaining	O
SSIS	B-Application
packages	I-Application
use	O
a	O
visual	O
development	O
tool	O
based	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visual	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
called	O
the	O
SQL	O
Server	O
Business	B-Application
Intelligence	I-Application
Development	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
(	O
BIDS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
edit	O
SSIS	B-Application
packages	I-Application
using	O
a	O
drag-and-drop	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Note	O
:	O
In	O
more	O
recent	O
versions	O
MS	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
BIDS	O
has	O
been	O
replaced	O
with	O
"	O
SQL	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Data	I-Application
Tools	I-Application
-	O
Business	O
Intelligence	O
"	O
(	O
SSDT-BI	O
)	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
either	O
case	O
,	O
the	O
package	O
content	O
is	O
persisted	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Conditional	B-Language
Split	O
transformation	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
conditionally	O
route	O
rows	O
to	O
other	O
transformation	O
objects	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
particular	O
condition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
if	B-Language
…	I-Language
else	I-Language
"	O
construct	O
in	O
the	O
C	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DTUTIL	O
provides	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
manage	O
packages	O
from	O
the	O
command	B-Device
prompt	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bulk	O
Copy	O
Program	O
(	O
BCP	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
command-line	B-Device
tool	I-Device
used	O
to	O
import	O
or	O
export	O
data	O
against	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
SQL	I-Application
Server	I-Application
,	O
or	O
Sybase	B-Application
database	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
limits	O
,	O
SSIS	B-Application
packages	I-Application
can	O
load	O
and	O
call	O
CLI	O
assembly	O
DLLs	O
,	O
providing	O
access	O
to	O
virtually	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
operation	O
permissible	O
by	O
the	O
.NET	O
CLR	O
.	O
</s>
