Visual Studio 2022 has been out for some eight months now, but it still lacks full support for SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), a top feature request.

SSIS is a popular and mature tool for performing data movement and cleanup operations. In the Microsoft ecosystem, SSIS is one of the most common extract, load, and transform (ETL) tools in use today.

Importing data from Excel to SQL Server requires going back in time, so to speak. Yes, back to 32-bits at runtime. As much as it can be a pain, a lot of projects still require that you import data ...