What Does Data Transformation Services (DTS) Mean?

Data Transformation Services (DTS) is a group of utilities and objects used to automatically perform extract, transform and load operations to or from databases. DTS is widely used with Microsoft SQL Server databases.

DTS was a feature of Microsoft SQL Server from version 7.0 through SQL Server 2000. It was replaced by SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) in SQL Server 2005.

Techopedia Explains Data Transformation Services (DTS)

DTS consists of a set of utilities called DTS tools and objects called DTS packages, which automate extract, transform and load operations to or from databases.

  • DTS wizards
  • DTS designer
  • DTS programming interface