Microsoft Says That Sql Server Integration Services (ssis) “is A Platform For Building High Performance Data Integration Solutions, Including Extraction, Transformation, And Load (etl) Packages For Data Warehousing.” A Simpler Way To Think Of Ssis Is That It’s The Solution For Automating Data Movements. Ssis Provides A Way To Build Packages Made Up Of Tasks That Can Move Data Around From Place To Place And Alter It On The Way.