Kirk Haselden's Kirkapedia

Contract SSIS Developer

KnightReign — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:55:47 GMT

Anyone here interested in a contract role with Blackbaud to develop a repeatable transformation solution using SSIS? Please contact me if you have availability this quarter. Kirk.Haselden@Blackbaud.com...(read more)

Sample Code for the SSIS Book

KnightReign — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:53:00 GMT

Yes, I know I’ve been gone for a long time. I haven’t professionally blogged for years. But, the good folks here, Adam and Peter have out of the goodness of their hearts, left my blog around and well, I though I’d check in. Since then, I’ve changed jobs,...(read more)

New Master Data Services Content (What Else?!)

KnightReign — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:29:26 GMT

msdev is about to launch a series of training courses for Master Data Services that covers early concepts, setup, model building, configuration, security model setup and the object model. This should be a great series and promises to be a solid introduction...(read more)

Profisee Webinar

KnightReign — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:57:00 GMT

For those of you wanting more information about Master Data Services, in 2010, Profisee is starting a series of webinars that should be great. Here’s the first one: http://www.profisee.com/newsevents/tabid/134/Default.aspx Merry Christmas and a Happy...(read more)

Master Data Services team blogging

KnightReign — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:15:00 GMT

In a recent blog I mentioned that the Master Data Services team would be blogging soon. Matt Anderson has started and this should be a great resource for readers wanting to come up to speed on MDS quickly. We're planning some high level as well as in-depth...(read more)

MDS Staging table error codes

KnightReign — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:17:00 GMT

These kinds of things always seem to be the last to be added to the documents. I saw in a recent blog post that someone had gotten a staging table error and they weren't sure what it was. Here are the staging table error codes thanks to our great support...(read more)

Master Data Services miscellaneous

KnightReign — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:16:00 GMT

As we head into the US holiday season, I wanted to catch up on some things I've wanted to blog for some time. Blogs Rolling First of all, it's good to see some blogging activity around MDS. As is the usual case around the first release of a product, it...(read more)

SQL Server 2008 Master Data Services November CTP Released

KnightReign — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:21:00 GMT

Well, that's certainly a mouth full. I’m pleased to say that the SQL Server November CTP with Master Data Services is now available. http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/R2.aspx If you’re interested in simply seeing the MDS documentation, you...(read more)

MDS Branding

KnightReign — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:03:00 GMT

The branding is in. MICROSOFT SQL SERVER 2008 R2 MASTER DATA SERVICES, MONTH COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY PREVIEW ( MONTH CTP) Where MONTH is the actual release month. Hooo! What a mouthful....(read more)

Master Data Services almost there...

KnightReign — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:59:00 GMT

It's been a while since my last post so wanted to take some time and update folks on what's happening around Master Data Services. A little history To catch everyone up, I thought I'd start by giving a short history of the product and get everyone on...(read more)

Master Data Services a new product in SQL Server

KnightReign — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:35:00 GMT

As announced at TechEd earlier this week, Master Data Services will be shipping in SQL Server 2008 R2. I've blogged on SQL Insiders about it here: http://blogs.technet.com/dataplatforminsider/default.aspx I'm glad I can be out of the SQL Server closet...(read more)

Whence Microsoft's Master Data Management Product?

KnightReign — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 21:54:00 GMT

A while back I blogged about the Technology Preview for the Master Data Management product that we released to just about anyone that was interested. That was very early in the project and right after we had acquired the Stratature company. The preview...(read more)

What's Going on Kirk?

KnightReign — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:35:00 GMT

I've been vacant from blogging for some time. If the comments I've been getting in the blog, email and personally at conferences and in meetings is any indication, it's high time I started back again. Unlike some of the more successful and prolific bloggers...(read more)

Fairfield/Westchester.Net User Group

KnightReign — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:22:00 GMT

Last week I had the opportunity to speak to a user group about SQL Server and in particular Integration Services. It was a nice opportunity to clear out the cob webs and talk about one of my favorite topics. https://www.clicktoattend.com/invitation.aspx?code=122496...(read more)

Surprise! MDM Technology Preview available tomorrow

KnightReign — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:49:00 GMT

In a recent post I stated that we planned to have a technology preview available in February, '08. Most folks aren't used to hearing these words in the same sentence, but here goes: We're shipping early. Tomorrow I'll be sending out email to customers...(read more)