Wayne Sheffield looks at two new features in SQL Server Management Studio 17.3:
For this simple test, it worked pretty well, and it should work well for most of the requirements that you have. Time will tell how reliably this new feature does work.
The Import Flat File is available when connecting to SQL Server version 2005 or higher. I haven’t tried this on a lower version, but I don’t see any reason why it wouldn’t work there either. You can read more about this feature in Microsoft’s documentation.
You can definitely break the Import Flat File feature, but I appreciate it being smoother than the SSIS-based wizard of yore. Wayne also shares his thoughts on the Extended Events Profiler.