A detailed blog exploring what's new in SSIS 2012
Part four of a eleven-part series of blogs

If you're wondering whether to upgrade to Integration Services 2012, or just want to know what differences there are between SSIS 2008 R2 and 2012, this blog should help you!

  1. Differences between Integration Services 2008 R2 and 2012
  2. Difference 1 - SSIS 2012 Looks Different!
  3. Difference 2 - How Variables are Treated in SSIS 2012
  4. Difference 3 - Choosing Tasks from the SSIS Toolbox (this blog)
  5. Difference 4 - Shared Connections at Project Level
  6. Difference 5 - Expression Tasks in 2012
  7. Difference 6 - Undoing and Redoing Commands
  8. Difference 7 - Easier to use Data Viewers
  9. Difference 8 - Deploying Packages in 2012
  10. Difference 9 - Parameters and Environments
  11. Differences 10 - Other Miscellaneous Changes

Posted by Andy Brown on 27 November 2014

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Difference 3 - Choosing Tasks from the SSIS Toolbox

The SSIS 2008 R2 toolbox is simple - control flow tasks are shown in alphabetical order, and data flow tasks are divided into source, transform and destination components.  By contrast SSIS 2012 tasks are categorised:

2008 R2 data flow tasks 2012 data flow tasks
2008 R2 data flow tasks 2012 data flow tasks

In general, the assistants and categorisation in 2012 make tasks easier to find (ITOO - In This Owl's Opinion).

Lest you be thinking by now that all of the changes in 2012 are cosmetic, let's look at a functional one - shared data connections.

  1. Differences between Integration Services 2008 R2 and 2012
  2. Difference 1 - SSIS 2012 Looks Different!
  3. Difference 2 - How Variables are Treated in SSIS 2012
  4. Difference 3 - Choosing Tasks from the SSIS Toolbox (this blog)
  5. Difference 4 - Shared Connections at Project Level
  6. Difference 5 - Expression Tasks in 2012
  7. Difference 6 - Undoing and Redoing Commands
  8. Difference 7 - Easier to use Data Viewers
  9. Difference 8 - Deploying Packages in 2012
  10. Difference 9 - Parameters and Environments
  11. Differences 10 - Other Miscellaneous Changes
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