How to do DevOps as a SQL Server DBA
You recognize that you need to provide a pipeline for database deployments, that you need to automate as much support for your development teams as you possibly can, that you have to have testing in...
View ArticleCome to Us or We’ll Come to You
No, that’s not a threat. It’s an offer to help out. Redgate Software is very serious about the efforts we’re putting into creating the tools needed to support your Database Lifecycle Management (DLM)...
View ArticleBut I Don’t Have a Test Server…
I frequently see statements on forums along the lines of “I don’t have a test server, so I’m going to do something I’ve never done before directly on my production servers…” This is usually followed by...
View ArticleHey Kids! Let’s Put on a Show at the Old Barn
Alternate Title: I’m traveling a bunch. Let’s get together and talk. A bunch of trips and presentations coming up, so I thought I’d share. First, I’ll be SQL Saturday Omaha for my first time ever...
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Time to Change
I recently spent two days consulting with a company on their database development and deployment processes. They are a small, capable, team of developers, database developers and a DBA who have...
View ArticleChanging Course On Learning
With all the new stuff on the Microsoft Data Platform, it’s really hard to keep up with it all. I had announced my plans to charge down the DocumentDB road to try to get the basics of that in my head...
View ArticleBenefits from Data Lifecycle Management
I spend a lot of time talking about the need for automation within your databases, especially in support of development, deployment, and through process management. It’s because I learned the hard way...
View ArticleThe Importance of a Full Backup in SQL Server
This is the first of 12 posts this year in support of Tim Ford’s #iwanttohelp initiative. These will be completely 100 level, introductory blog posts meant to help people that are just getting started...
View ArticleSQL Clone and a Little Competition
Redgate has released a new product, SQL Clone. I’ve already talked about how excited I am about it. Now, it’s your turn to get excited. Our developers evidently had too much time on their hands after...
View ArticleHow to do DevOps as a SQL Server DBA
You recognize that you need to provide a pipeline for database deployments, that you need to automate as much support for your development teams as you possibly can, that you have to have testing in...
View ArticleCome to Us or We’ll Come to You
No, that’s not a threat. It’s an offer to help out. Redgate Software is very serious about the efforts we’re putting into creating the tools needed to support your Database Lifecycle Management (DLM)...
View ArticleBut I Don’t Have a Test Server…
I frequently see statements on forums along the lines of “I don’t have a test server, so I’m going to do something I’ve never done before directly on my production servers…” This is usually followed by...
View ArticleHey Kids! Let’s Put on a Show at the Old Barn
Alternate Title: I’m traveling a bunch. Let’s get together and talk. A bunch of trips and presentations coming up, so I thought I’d share. First, I’ll be SQL Saturday Omaha for my first time ever...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Time to Change
I recently spent two days consulting with a company on their database development and deployment processes. They are a small, capable, team of developers, database developers and a DBA who have...
View ArticleChanging Course On Learning
With all the new stuff on the Microsoft Data Platform, it’s really hard to keep up with it all. I had announced my plans to charge down the DocumentDB road to try to get the basics of that in my head...
View ArticleBenefits from Data Lifecycle Management
I spend a lot of time talking about the need for automation within your databases, especially in support of development, deployment, and through process management. It’s because I learned the hard way...
View ArticleThe Importance of a Full Backup in SQL Server
This is the first of 12 posts this year in support of Tim Ford’s #iwanttohelp initiative. These will be completely 100 level, introductory blog posts meant to help people that are just getting started...
View ArticleSQL Clone and a Little Competition
Redgate has released a new product, SQL Clone. I’ve already talked about how excited I am about it. Now, it’s your turn to get excited. Our developers evidently had too much time on their hands after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
IT/Dev Connections 2017
I’m very honored to be able to announce that I am going to be speaking at IT/Dev Connections in San Francisco. I’m not just speaking there, I’m presenting an all day seminar on the tools needed for...
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