Software Delivery Robert Sheldon in Software Delivery DevOps and application delivery Robert Sheldon explains DevOps DevOps and application delivery. He compares DevOps to Waterfall and Agile methodologies. … 17 June 2019 10 min read
Database Administration Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman in Database Administration Navigate Linux for SQL Server DBAs Kellyn Pot’Vin-Gorman shows how to navigate Linux for SQL Server DBAs, using aliases, setting up environment variables, and examining processes.… 17 June 2019 18 min read
Database DevOps Adam Hafner in Database DevOps Database unit testing As database changes are added to the DevOps pipeline, database unit testing becomes crucial. In this article, Adam Hafner describes... 30 May 2019 14 min read
Containers and Virtualization Carlos Robles in Containers and Virtualization Creating Your First SQL Server Docker Container in macOS The use of macOS by developers and IT professionals has gained popularity the past few years. Running a sandboxed SQL... 13 May 2019 14 min read
Testing Michael Sorens in Testing The Phantom Menace in Unit Testing Testing is a challenging yet crucial part of software development, but how do you know that a test is telling... 09 May 2019 10 min read
Editorials Kathi Kellenberger in Editorials Why DBAs Must Embrace DevOps A good day for a database administrator (DBA) is a lot like a good airline flight. A lot of excitement... 09 May 2019 3 min read
Editorials Kendra Little in Editorials What is Automation? Today I got a bit closer to a meaningful definition of automation as it applies to the software development process.... 30 April 2019 5 min read
Software Delivery Afsana Atar in Software Delivery Applied AI in Software Development Artificial Intelligence is making inroads in all aspects of technology. In this article, Afsana Atar explains the role of AI... 20 February 2019 14 min read
Database DevOps Grant Fritchey in Database DevOps DevOps Without the Database: A Cautionary Tale Communication is the foundation of DevOps. Grant Fritchey tells the tale of a project that failed because of previous communication... 07 February 2019 12 min read
Editorials Robert Cain in Editorials What is the purpose of your organization? A lesson in DevOps I’ve been speaking a lot on the topic of DevOps lately, and there’s a question I like to ask. What... 29 January 2019 5 min read
Editorials Kendra Little in Editorials Implementing DevOps Doesn’t Get Rid of Database Administrators I hear from a lot of database administrators who are worried about being automated out of a job. These kinds... 21 January 2019 5 min read
Editorials Arvind Kumar in Editorials The Case for Value-Based Delivery In the past, I was very proud that I’d meticulously defended my projects against scope creep, but I was missing... 08 January 2019 3 min read
Software Delivery Michael Sorens in Software Delivery Better Code Reviews with GIT As more dev teams move their code to Git, it’s important to understand the differences between it and other tools... 07 January 2019 12 min read
Software Delivery Mohammad Rizvi in Software Delivery Factors Behind Successfully and Repeatedly Executing Digital Transformation Programs at a Lightning Pace IT transformation projects often fail due to poor planning, poor communication and more. In this article, Mohammad Rizvi explains how... 18 December 2018 11 min read
Software Delivery Afsana Atar in Software Delivery A Primer on Defect Management Defects in software can occur in any phase of the software creation process. The earlier and better they are managed,... 19 September 2018 21 min read
Testing Michael Sorens in Testing Go Unit Tests: Tips from the Trenches In this article, Michael Sorens describes unit testing for applications written in Go. While focused on Go, many of his... 20 July 2018 33 min read
Software Delivery Mohammad Rizvi in Software Delivery How to Successfully Deliver IT Projects in a Not-so-Agile Organization Agile methodology for software delivery is accepted at many organizations but is not used everywhere. In this article, Mohammad Rizvi... 17 July 2018 10 min read
PowerShell Nicolas Prigent in PowerShell Hyper-V Shielded Virtual Machines with PowerShell: Guarded Fabric, Host Guardian Service, and vTPM Configuration Configuring Hyper-V shielded virtual machines with PowerShell - the guarded fabric architecture, Host Guardian Service (HGS) for attestation, virtual TPM... 04 June 2018 14 min read
PowerShell Robert Cain in PowerShell Create Azure VMs with PowerShell Part 2 The ability to quickly spin up a virtual machine is one of the great things about Azure. In this article,... 30 April 2018 16 min read
Containers and Virtualization Nicolas Prigent in Containers and Virtualization Docker Volumes on Windows: Persisting Container Data Persist data in Windows Docker containers: create independent volumes, share volumes between multiple containers, copy data from the container host,... 25 April 2018 15 min read
