Integration Services in BOL: Is this all I get?

Short answer
NO, the beta or CTP Books Online that you're using is not all there's going to be. Make sure that you watch for the Web release of BOL that will drop around the time that SQL Server 2005 hits the streets! Read more to understand why.

More information
SQL Server 2005 is going to be released simultaneously in 8 or 9 languages. Since the documentation team had to lock down early to allow time for translation, the version of Books Online that you'll get on the CD in the box is going to be several months old. Think of the BOL in the box as Version 0.9, while Version 1.0 will be the RTM Web release. Meanwhile we're working non-stop to update, improve, and add to the Integration Services content in Books Online.

Remember that the BOL feedback links are your most direct route to improved content!

-Doug

Doug,
Are we going to be able to sync our local install with the web release?

-Jamie|||Jamie,

If you mean, will you see updated content silently downloaded on a topic-by-topic basis in your existing BOL installation, unfortunately, no. BOL and the Microsoft Help 2.0 technology that we rely on don't currently support that. The Web release around RTM that I mentioned will simply be a complete new BOL installation...and yes, a rather sizeable download.

We will, at least, be flagging content that has changed significantly so that you won't have to scan all the sections that interest you with the hope of coming across some new tidbit of information.

Best regards,

-Doug