Database DevOps Robert Cain in Database DevOps How to Create an Ubuntu PowerShell Development Environment – Part 1 Since SQL Server now runs in Linux, more database professionals will begin to learn this operating system. In this article,... 21 January 2020 28 min read
PowerShell Allen White in PowerShell Portable Objects in PowerShell with CLIXML PowerShell is a widely used tool for administrators. In this article, Allen White shows how to export objects using CLIXML... 17 December 2019 16 min read
Containers and Virtualization Mircea Oprea in Containers and Virtualization ASP.NET Core with GitOps: Orchestrating Your Containers with Kubernetes Kubernetes can be used to deploy, scale, and manage containers. In this article, Mircea Oprea builds on the previous example... 12 December 2019 16 min read
PowerShell Greg Moore in PowerShell Building a Countdown Timer with PowerShell Every DBA should have basic PowerShell skills. In this article, Greg Moore explains how to write a PowerShell script that... 03 December 2019 11 min read
Tools Mircea Oprea in Tools ASP.NET Core with GitOps: Deploying Infrastructure as Code Automation of server builds minimizes human error, ensures that environments are identical, and saves time building servers. This article from... 02 December 2019 18 min read
Database DevOps Robert Sheldon in Database DevOps 10 Guidelines for Implementing DevOps Robert Sheldon discusses ten guidelines for implementing DevOps, helping organizations get started improving their application delivery processes.… 12 November 2019 13 min read
Tools Joydip Kanjilal in Tools How to Configure CI/CD in Azure DevOps Joydip Kanjilal shows you how to configure CI/CD in Azure DevOps using a .NET Core app. Continuously build, test, and... 24 October 2019 10 min read
Database DevOps Robert Sheldon in Database DevOps DevOps Database Delivery Robert Sheldon explains the difference between state based and migrations based DevOps database delivery and the benefits of each.… 17 October 2019 13 min read
Containers and Virtualization Mircea Oprea in Containers and Virtualization ASP.NET Core with GitOps: Dockerizing an API on AWS EC2 As more shops begin automating build and deployment pipelines, it’s critical to learn about containerization. In this article, Mircea Oprea... 17 October 2019 12 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
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
PowerShell Greg Moore in PowerShell Using a Server List to Control PowerShell Scripts PowerShell is the preferred tool for many DBAs when automating SQL Server administration. In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates how... 29 January 2019 13 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
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
Database Administration Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman in Database Administration How to Linux for SQL Server DBAs — Part 3 DBAs running SQL Server on Linux will not only need to understand SQL Server security well, they will also need... 07 December 2018 14 min read
PowerShell Robert Cain in PowerShell Testing PowerShell Modules with Pester In the third article of this series on testing PowerShell code with Pester, Robert Cain demonstrates how to test the... 15 October 2018 45 min read
PowerShell Nicolas Prigent in PowerShell Azure and Windows PowerShell: Using VM Extensions In the third part of his series, Nicolas Prigent describes how to run post-deployment configuration and automation tasks on Azure... 09 October 2018 10 min read
Database Administration Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman in Database Administration How to Linux for SQL Server DBAs — Part 2 SQL Server DBAs are typically quite familiar with security and best practices in Windows but may not understand how security... 26 September 2018 17 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
PowerShell Robert Cain in PowerShell Advanced Testing of Your PowerShell Code with Pester Testing your PowerShell scripts is just as important as testing any code. In this article, Robert Cain demonstrates how to... 30 August 2018 19 min read
