Ssis6 May 2026
Perhaps the most revolutionary discussion at SSIS6 concerned Legal Capacity. For centuries, people with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities have been stripped of their right to make decisions about their own lives (finances, medical care, marriage) through guardianship laws.
SSIS6 advanced the concept of "supported decision-making." Instead of replacing a person’s will with a guardian’s, the new framework suggested that states must provide support for individuals to make their own choices. It was a radical shift from "best interests" to "will and preference." Perhaps the most revolutionary discussion at SSIS6 concerned
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a component of the Microsoft SQL Server database software that enables users to build high-performance data integration solutions, including packages for extracting, transforming, and loading data. It was a radical shift from "best interests"
Upgrading from SSIS 2012, 2014, or 2016 to SSIS6 is not a simple click-and-run. The internal binary format for packages changed from version 9 to version 10. Microsoft Power Query (M) and Dataflows in ADF
Microsoft Power Query (M) and Dataflows in ADF are popular for data wrangling. SSIS6 would embed Power Query Online as a native source transformation – no more custom OData or REST calls. Users could prep data visually, then export the M-code into a SSIS package.
The session was not without its friction. Several contentious topics took center stage, debates that would define the final shape of the Convention: