There's a lot of confusion out there as to what you can and can't do with backups for Azure SQL Managed Instances. In this post we share why these backups are not currently portable to on-prem instances of SQL Server -- but there are signs they may become more portable in the future. Read more
Why are some companies successful at transforming their businesses and accelerating change, while others fail?
In this post, I examine the journeys of three famous organizations. I discuss the patterns and practices that enable successful companies to catalyze change within their cultures and also identify anti-patterns that hinder growth. In closing, I summarize the... Read more
Redgate’s Michaela Murray is on a journey to understand the role of IT Architects in digital transformation initiatives. The third interview in this series sees her talking to Kris Bock, Machine Learning / Data Science Architect at Microsoft, to find out how machine learning and artificial intelligence are changing the way businesses collect, process... Read more
A lot of work with Flyway is going to take place on development machines with the Flyway command line installed. Another healthy chunk of the work will be on dedicated instances used for Continuous Integration (CI) or Continuous Delivery (CD), again, with the command line installed. However, what happens when you start automating more... Read more
Going strong into its fourth year, we published the 2020 State of Database DevOps report at a time when we couldn’t have predicted the changes to come for every industry. However, it still contained valuable insights from thousands of IT professionals around the world, giving voice to how their teams are adopting DevOps practices,... Read more
There’s a myth about DevOps which is hard to shake free of: that “success” means fully automating your deployments from code check-in to production. This is not at all the case. Automated deployment itself is not difficult – even for databases We’ve had the ability to automate the delivery of code to applications and... Read more
Updated August 2020 In our series of blog posts about Version Control and the Database, we’ve explored the history of version control, why databases have some unique requirements, and why it’s important to include them in your VCS. In this concluding post, I focus on Redgate SQL Source Control and answer some fundamental questions... Read more
Large legacy databases with complex dependencies are daunting for those implementing DevOps. Learn why Redgate focused on solving this problem and which practices enable you to successfully include legacy monolith databases in your DevOps transformation. Read more
Logistics and supply chain management organizations continue to transform rapidly. Learn why DevOps ways of working are a natural fit for this industry as it expands and accelerates. Read more
It’s just over two years since the GDPR started being enforced and it’s also the month when many businesses in the US now need to comply with the CCPA. So it’s an opportune time to talk about one area of compliance that continues to be a stumbling block. As many compliance teams and DBAs... Read more
