Thinking About Robert Davis
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tech-community
It’s been more than a year and a half since Robert Davis passed away. I wrote a bit about Robert’s passing last April.
I haven’t written about him since, but I think about Robert a lot.
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Building My Schedule for PASS Summit 2019
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tech-community
It’s just ten days until PASS Summit 2019 begins in Seattle. The schedule is up and there are loads of good sessions. Here’s what I’m putting on my calendar to make sure that I don’t miss it: along with some sessions I wish I could attend that I’ll be sure to catch the videos of afterwards.
Workshop Report: Overcoming Obstacles on the Journey to Continuous Delivery for Databases (Video with Transcript)
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devops-automation
In this video, Freyja the puppy and I talk about a recent workshop which I facilitated at the IDC DevOps conference in London.
Setting a Custom Variable in an Azure DevOps Pipeline with PowerShell
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devops-automation
Recently, I was doing a bit of work in Azure DevOps Services, preparing a demo for an upcoming webinar. I ran into a simple but frustrating problem.
Git Command Line Tutorial with SQL Change Automation for SSMS (Video)
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devops-automation
I’m excited for Redgate’s new SQL Change Automation plugin for SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS).
SQL Change Automation lets DBAs and developers use a migrations-first approach to create precise scripts to apply changes to your database. If you’re curious about what I mean by “migrations-first”, read more about this approach, and how it compares to a state-first approach here.
Key Findings for Database Professionals from the Accelerate State of DevOps Report 2019
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devops-automation
The Accelerate: State of DevOps Report 2019 has just been published. This report is the latest in six years of research. With more than 31,000 survey responses, Accelerate is the longest running study of DevOps in academia or industry.
In the 2019 edition, research continues to show that DevOps drives business value: high performers at DevOps are “twice as likely to meet or exceed their organizational goals.” While this isn’t a new finding, it’s very important that this continues to be true: why invest in improving at DevOps if it doesn’t drive business value?
Azure DevOps: How to Set a Custom Release Branch Folder Filter in Build Pipeline Triggers (Video)
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devops-automation
This is the first in a series of posts about simple things that I had a hard time figuring out in Azure DevOps services.
It can be very useful to enable Continuous Integration for multiple folders in your DevOps pipeline: say, for every branch created under releases/ or features/. But configuring this can be strangely confusing!