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Manual Reviews Can Be a Part of Your Automated Deployments

The ultimate goal for automating deployments can be the hands-free deployment of all code, including the database, from development to production. However, for many of us, the complete automation of all deployments with zero manual intervention will always remain a goal. We may have systems that are simply too complex for a 100% automated... Read more

What’s Redgate’s plan for PASS?

My blog post from February 1 explains that Redgate took the opportunity to purchase the assets of PASS with the main goal of supporting the community. The PASS association ran for 21 years bringing together a community to connect, share, and learn. The community of course lives on, however the association no longer exists... Read more

How Does Microservices Architecture Change Database Deployment?

This question was raised at the recent Redgate Summit: How does the implementation of a microservices architecture affect the implementation of a database DevOps approach? I could even rephrase it a little: Does a microservices architecture affect a database DevOps approach? Microservices is, or isn’t, one of the hot new trends, depending on how... Read more

The challenges of monitoring a highly complex database estate at the University of the Sunshine Coast

As the manager for enterprise applications and data at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, I face a lot of unique challenges. The university itself has around 25,000 students, 1,000 permanent staff and another 1,000 seasonal staff who assist with key academic sessions. They’re spread out across the flagship campus at... Read more

Monitor your SQL Server databases in the cloud and on-premises with one monitoring tool

There’s no doubt the cloud is having a big impact on the nature and make-up of SQL Server estates. The 2021 State of Database DevOps report from Redgate, for example, showed that 58% of organizations now use the cloud either wholly or in combination with on-premises servers, compared to 46% in the same report... Read more

Have your say on the state of database monitoring in 2021

Thanks to the hundreds and hundreds of IT professionals who took part in our database monitoring survey. The responses are in and the survey is now closed so that we can analyze the results. Look out soon for the highlights the 2021 State of Database Monitoring will reveal. Since 2018, over 2,400 SQL Server... Read more

How Do You Overcome “We Have Always Done It This Way”?

I work in computers and my son works in manufacturing, but both of us loathe a single phrase: We have always done it this way. Please allow me to be clear on this. If you can back up this statement with “Because…”, and you list out valid points, even if I disagree with them,... Read more

Who Is Responsible For Building Tests?

When you begin to automate your deployments, you’re also going to start automating your testing. After all, a deployment, in and of itself, is a test. However, pretty quickly, you are going to come to the question that’s the title of this post: Who is responsible for building tests? I have two flippant answers... Read more

DevOps As a Bludgeon

When I first started trying to figure out how to automate database deployments, over 15 years ago, I will freely admit, I was both skeptical and reluctant. I had to be dragged up to the notion that automating getting the database code out the door wasn’t just an excuse by the developers to find... Read more

Code Review and DevOps

Almost every time I teach a class on DevOps, one of the questions that comes up is: How do we do code reviews in this automated process? There are actually a number of answers to this question. Let’s walk through a few. Source Control If you’re automating your deployments, I don’t think I’m going... Read more

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