Microsoft SQL Server 2005 tools can be used to manage, to administer, and to configure SQL Server 2005. They also offer a rich set of other functionalities. Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) is a platform for building high-performance data integration solutions that include extraction, transformation, and load (ETL) packages for data warehousing. SSIS is also required to configure and to execute SQL Server maintenance plans successfully. This article describes how to add the tools or the SSIS components to an existing instance of SQL Server 2005.
Note Microsoft SQL Server 2005 feature maintenance is supported only through the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel.