SSIS comes with an out-of-box SCD Wizard to handle Type 1 and Type 2 Slowly Changing Dimensions (SCD) which is a fundamental ETL requirement. However the SCD wizard component has some serious drawbacks – both from operational and functional perspectives that make it unusable for practical purposes. A good summary on the shortcomings of SCD Wizard component can be found here

Several workarounds have evolved over time and in this post I would like explore the different alternative options to handle Type 1 and Type 2 SCD without using the out-of-box SCD Wizard Component.  

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