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SQL Data Mask: now featuring configurable masks

SQL Data Mask is the latest prototype to come out of the Foundry. It copies your database while anonymizing personal data. You can use it to mask your databases right now, free of charge. What we’ve been up to: Progress on SQL Data Mask is advancing quickly. Based on the feedback you’ve given us,... Read more

Dude, where’s my database? Inventory management by Foundry

Foundry is Redgate’s research and development division. We develop products and technologies for the Microsoft data platform. Each project progresses through Foundry’s four-stage product development process: research, concept, prototype and beta. At each stage, the Foundry team is exploring the scope and potential for Redgate to develop a product. We’ve just started researching inventory... Read more

How Redgate helped define a truly automated database deployment process

At the end of 2016, we interviewed Bob Walker, a Lead Application Developer, to find out how he went about setting up automated database deployments using Redgate tools and what lessons he’d learned. The highlights make interesting reading. You describe the time before Redgate database automation as ‘truly the Wild West of database development’.... Read more

Why people flocked to the SQL Clone live stream event

Live streaming events is something that’s rather new to Redgate, the first one being SQL in the City back in December, which was a great success. So with the launch of our new tool SQL Clone looming, we thought we’d do it again. There’s good reason too. While meeting people face-to-face at events is... Read more

SQL Data Mask preview by Foundry

What’s SQL Data Mask? SQL Data Mask is the latest product from Foundry to be graduated to the prototype phase. It copies your database while anonymizing personal data. You can use it to mask your databases right now, free of charge, and there’s a full tutorial below. You can also look at the upcoming... Read more

The right way to approach a legacy code base

On Friday, March 10, I attended the Working Effectively with Legacy Code workshop hosted by Michael Feathers, along with a few other members of my team. We maintain a difficult legacy code base and we were eager to do some practice and learn some useful techniques. The most important lesson I learned is that any... Read more

Six shades of masking your data

Foundry is Redgate’s research and development division. We develop products and technologies for the Microsoft data platform. Each project progresses through Foundry’s four-stage product development process: Research, Concept, Prototype, Beta. At each stage, the Foundry team is exploring the scope and potential for Redgate to develop a product. One of our projects, data masking,... Read more

Dealing with regulation; audit and compliance in SQL Server

In Foundry – Redgate’s research division – we’re focused on exploring new products and technologies for the Microsoft data platform. Over the last few months, we’ve been taking a close look at the problems people face when auditing and meeting regulatory compliance for SQL Server. An introduction to compliance and SQL Server Our research has given... Read more

Extending DevOps practices to SQL Server databases – DevOps webinar Q&A

Even with the right tooling, it can be tricky figuring out how to get an automated database deployment pipeline up and running. That’s why each month we host an hour-long DevOps webinar with an end-to-end demo of our database automation tools, showing how to check a database change into version control, automate the build... Read more

Universal Architecture

In this post, I’d like to introduce you to the Universal Architecture idea described by J.B. Rainsberger in the podcast Unit Testability and the Universal Architecture. Everyone wants to deliver software that works and delivers value to our customers. That’s a fact! Everyone wants our software to be easy to change and maintain. That’s obvious! Unfortunately, we... Read more

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