Upcoming Free Webinars on Database Development and Operations
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community
Fall is in swing, and it’s officially webinar season! Here’s a bunch of free events I’ve got on my calendar.
Links and Resources from How to Architect Successful Database Changes
Category:
devops-automation
, sql-server
Steve Jones and I had a great time today talking about source control for databases and release patterns for performance and availability in Seattle. We had a group of folks who asked terrific questions, made thoughtful comments, and interacted throughout the day.
Why I Make Animated Gifs for Presentation Demo Backups
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tech-community
PASS Summit 2019 starts up next Monday with pre-conference sessions. I’ve got my schedule all set, and I’m going to be busy: I’m speaking in two full-day pre-conference sessions, giving two regular sessions, judging the ever-exciting Speaker Idol competition, and also spending time at the Redgate booth in the expo hall. I scored a little PASS-TV interview to talk about Redgate right before the keynote on the first day.
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.
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)
Category:
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
Category:
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.