The article you linked, if you can call it an article, is all headline. And the headline starts with “Stein says…”

Rather than focus on what a politician says, I’d rather consider their actions and choices. Like choosing to go to Russia with a bunch of treasonous fucks and sit across the table from an evil despot.

No, it’s a standalone utility that you can download and install separate from SQL Server. It just adds BCP.exe to your command line.

Docs

Look for the link that says “Download Microsoft Command Line Utilities 15 for SQL Server (x64)”.

Try BCP. I’m fairly new to the Microsoft landscape too, but found using BCP really helped with efficiency on loading.

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