Microsoft took an intuitive, easy-to-use tool (DTS), and turned into a needlessly complicated, buggy disaster called SSIS. I believe Microsoft has completely lost touch with who their customers really are. Most SQL Server users are people like me, who work on multiple projects with tight budgets and timelines. I need a tool that solves the most common problems quickly, reliably, and intuitively. SSIS is not intuitive, is not easy to use, and is buggy and unreliable.

Granted, there are a handful of SQL Server uber-studs (and studettes) who need obscure programming features and capabilities that I could probably not even dream up. However, that is a small percentage of the SQL Server user community. The rest of us need to accomplish the most common tasks quickly.

I sincerely hope that Microsoft would get re-focused on the real users of SQL Server, and make SSIS usable for for the broad community of users.