DTS Conversion Options and Pricing

One of Pragmatic Works' core specialties is the migration of DTS packages to SSIS. In this section, you'll see more information about our options for DTS migrations, including pricing. Options range from DTS xChange, which appeals to do it yourself migrations to a full project driven by Pragmatic Works.


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The built-in wizard to migrate DTS packages is approximately 40% successful and does not allow you to enjoy the benefits and best practices of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS). DTS xChange is a product to help you migrate from SQL Server 2000 DTS to SQL Server 2005 or 2008 SSIS. It does this by applying a series of rules and best practices to your old DTS packages as it migrates the packages. The product was engineered to migrate thousands of packages with little intervention. DTS xChange is broken into three components: profiling, migration, and enterprise logging.

More Information about DTS xChange

Pragmatic Works offers you upgrades on the DTS xChange for free for life for the fixed purchase and a year of support on the product.

  • Per Developer License ($4,995) - Includes unlimited package conversions using proven SSIS rules from a single developer machine and site. Also includes the DTS Profiler and the Enterprise Logging features. Includes lifetime upgrades and 1 year of support.
  • Custom Licensing Options Available - Contact info@pragmaticworks.com to customize a broader licensing package for you.

- Allows up to 10 packages (2 per run) to be migrated and profiling of unlimited packages.

 

 

DTS Migration Assistance

Pragmatic Works has experts that specialize in DTS migration to SSIS to help your team by mentoring them through the process of migrating packages to SSIS. Our principal SSIS mentor, Brian Knight, has written three books on SSIS and countless articles and blog posts. We also have teams of people that are equipped to complete the migration for you with minimal resources needed on your side.

Mentoring

Mentoring is a blend of classic training and project work. The process is a fluid project-driven process where the mentor works with up to 6 people in a personal manner to bring your team up to speed on SSIS and DTS migration. Typically a mentoring project is less than a month in duration and has a stated deliverable going into the engagement.

Please contact info@pragmaticworks.com for more information about DTS migration or Business Intelligence mentoring.

Pricing

BI Mentors use our most senior, principal staff and these individuals are published authors and professional instructors among consultants.

  • Sr. BI Mentor - $175 / hr

* Travel and expenses are additional and would not be required for remote work.

Complete Migration Solution

You can trust in the experts to do the heavy DTS migration lifting for you. We've migrated tens of thousands of packages over a period of years and our consultants have seen countless scenarios. Armed with the assistance of our flagship product, DTS xChange, migrations take a fraction of the time and you'll be using the full features of SSIS and you will be on sure footing going forward. Most of the migration time is taken up by converting the tasks that will be deprecated in future releases of SQL Server (ActiveX Script Tasks for example). Please contact us at info@pragmaticworks.com for more information.

Pricing

Most projects can use a blend of each of the following resources based on the size of the project:

  • Sr. BI Consultant
  • BI Consultant
  • Offshore BI. Consultants
  • Fixed per package pricing also available.

Migration Methodology

  • Profile Stage (1 day effort of Sr. BI Consultant) - To build a statement of work and to see the level of effort, Pragmatic Works will profile your DTS packages to determine what types of packages you have in your environment. Deliverables from this stage include:
    • DTS Profile Report - Shows the distribution of your what types of tasks and providers you're using and the amount of hours and cost to convert.
    • Statement of Work - A small agreement between Pragmatic Works and your company that outlines the estimate of hours for the migration and is required to move forward to the next stage.
  • Migration Stage (variable level of effort) - We use DTS xChange to migrate the packages for you and we test and complete the migration of the packages that may not have been appropriate in SSIS such as ActiveX Script Tasks. Deliverables from this stage include:
    • SSIS packages - Fully migrated packages ready for testing by the owner of the package. We do testing in the development environment but final approval of the package must come from package owner.
    • Logging repository, warehouse, OLAP cube and reports - Shows the operations data for your package execution.
  • Validation Stage - We typically spend an hour for basic unit testing of each package. Deliverables from this stage include:
    • Sharepoint Site for testing effort - This site is optionally created for the project or we can follow whatever formal testing standard that you wish.
    • Migration process documentation - Documentation that outlines how to migrate the packages seamlessly to production from development and an install package to make it painless.
    • Signoff process - Each package must be approved by the package owner before preparing for the next environment.

DTS Migration Process

 

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