Tools Dino Esposito in Tools Git anatomy In this article, Dino Esposito gives an overview of git explaining repository, commit, and branch.… 05 October 2020 11 min read
Editorials Grant Fritchey in Editorials Why is database continuous integration important? A very common tenet used when building out a DevOps style approach to automated deployment is the concept of failing... 21 September 2020 7 min read
Tools Dino Esposito in Tools How We Ended up with Git Git is used by many teams for version control. In this article, Dino Esposito takes a look back at the... 10 September 2020 11 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials How to make classifying SQL Server data easier Classifying the data within an organization is not just something nice to do. It’s critical for complying with regulations such... 09 September 2020 4 min read
Containers and Virtualization Mahendran Purushothaman in Containers and Virtualization Running Container Workloads in Microsoft Azure Containers are being used by more and more organizations to automate build pipelines in their CICD processes. In this article,... 01 September 2020 14 min read
Database DevOps Kendra Little in Database DevOps The Two Ways Containers Will Revolutionize Database DevOps Containers have already transformed the way application development works, but adoption has been slower for databases. Finally, the revolution is... 17 August 2020 8 min read
Tools Diogo Souza in Tools Azure DevOps: Getting started Microsoft provides Azure DevOps for hosting your repos, setting up pipelines and more. Diogo Souza shows you how to get... 22 July 2020 11 min read
Database Administration Robert Sheldon in Database Administration Storage 101: Data Security and Privacy No discussion about storage is complete without thinking about security of the data. In this article, Robert Sheldon explains what... 22 July 2020 12 min read
Tools Diogo Souza in Tools Getting Started with GitFlow In this article, Diogo Souza explains GitFlow, a branching model for Git. He demonstrates how to work with GitFlow to... 02 July 2020 15 min read
Containers and Virtualization Carlos Robles in Containers and Virtualization Connecting to a SQL Server Docker Container Running in macOS Since SQL Server is supported in containers, you can now run a SQL Server instance in your macOS without dual-booting... 22 June 2020 14 min read
Grant Fritchey Database Lifecycle Management: Deployment and Release Grant Fritchey covers database lifecycle management. So often, the unexpected delays in delivering database code are more likely to happen... 20 June 2020 35 min read
Database Administration Robert Cain in Database Administration How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 3 Running SQL Server in a container may seem daunting at first, but it’s easy once you understand the handful of... 28 May 2020 20 min read
Testing Julio Sampaio in Testing How Automating Your Tests Improves Productivity In some shops, testing is entirely in the realm of quality analysts. In this article, Julio Sampaio argues that testing... 28 April 2020 9 min read
Database DevOps Phil Factor in Database DevOps How to Document SQL Server Tables When you create a table, SQL Server doesn’t save your comments explaining the table as it does with stored procedures,... 16 April 2020 24 min read
Culture Grant Fritchey in Culture Document Your Pain In this article, Grant Fritchey explains how leaving the database out of DevOps hurts you and your organization and why... 10 April 2020 7 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials DevOps is Essential for Analytics The term DevOps was coined in the early 2000s to improve the speed and resiliency of the delivery of features... 20 March 2020 3 min read
Database DevOps William Brewer in Database DevOps The Staging Phase of Deployment Despite some humorous examples of deployments gone wrong, failures are not funny. William Brewer explains why staging is so important... 17 March 2020 12 min read
Database DevOps Phil Factor in Database DevOps But the Database Worked in Development! Checking for Duplicates As developers should not have access to production data, it’s possible that duplicate values can sneak in during migrations. In... 10 February 2020 13 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Key Findings from the 2020 Database DevOps Survey Each year Redgate Software runs a survey to learn more about how organizations practice DevOps, especially when it relates to... 04 February 2020 3 min read
Containers and Virtualization Carlos Robles in Containers and Virtualization Managing SQL Server Docker containers in macOS In the second article of this series, Carlos Robles explains how to manage Docker images and containers.… 21 January 2020 11 min read
