For application developers it is unthinkable to work without version control. Yet, only 55% of database developers are version controlling their database changes? Mary Robbins provides six reasons why you should version control your database.
2019-05-13
I spend a lot of time showing how to use tools to automate database deployments in support of DevOps. However, the one message that I always try to deliver...
2019-05-13
Phil Factor demonstrates the basics of how to automate database builds into a Linux SQL Server container running on Windows, and then backup the containerized database and restore it...
2019-05-13
A good day for a database administrator (DBA) is a lot like a good airline flight. A lot of excitement in either situation is bad. In a perfect world,...
2019-05-09
John Morehouse describes how a quest to help solve his organization's "deployment bottleneck" led them to a place where they could both deliver application and database changes into the...
2019-05-09
An emerging discipline called DataOps is taking a page out of the DevOps playbook. The latter is all about accelerating the time to software delivery, and the former about accelerating data flow. And just as DevOps replaces the waterfall method of software delivery, DataOps replaces the waterfall approach of delivering data to the data consumer.
2019-05-03
Kendra Little gets a bit closer to a meaningful definition of automation, as it applies to the software development process.
2019-05-02
In my last post I showed how to build an Azure DevOps Pipeline for a Terraform build of an Azure SQLDB. This will take the terraform code and build...
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2019-04-22
I started this series with the title “Azure DevOps, SSIS, and Git” in a post titled Azure DevOps, SSIS, and Git Part 0 – Getting Started. I am renaming...
2019-04-21
Want to get database DevOps implemented where you work but unsure where to start or how? We’ve written a handy blog to help you begin your database DevOps journey....
2019-04-15
As for me, I'll keep writing whenever time permits. I don't expect every post...
By Steve Jones
This is an interesting invitation this month. Jeff Ianucci is a new host, and...
By alevyinroc
T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blog party hosted by a different community member each...
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