Using WMI Data Reader and WMI Event Watcher Tasks in SSIS

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a Business Intelligence tool which can be used by database developers or administrators to perform Extract, Transform & Load (ETL) operations. In my previous article Using the Transfer Jobs Task in SQL Server Integration Services I discussed how to use the Transfer Job Task which is available in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services and later versions. In this article I will examine the use of the WMI Data Reader Task and WMI Event Watcher Task which is available in SQL Server 2005 and later versions.

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