Virtual conferences can be a lot more awesome. Here’s some ideas how.
IDC DevOps Conference – Virtual Event September 24, 2020 – info
Redgate Evangelist YouTube Channel: Tutorials on Database DevOps -New videos each week – Watch
Redgate Streamed – a 3 day free virtual conference on the Microsoft Data Platform – Watch here
Level Up Your Deployments for SQL Source Control – Watch
Key findings from the 2020 State of Database DevOps Report – Watch
Managing and Automating Test Datasets for DevOps with Jeffrey Palermo – Watch
How to Make Your 2020 Monitoring Strategy a Success, with BMW’s Tony Maddonna – Watch
Essential Practices for High Performing Database DevOps Teams – Watch
Fast and Reliable Development with Redgate Solutions for SQL Server – Watch
Implementing Data Masking for NIST Compliance – 1 hour – Watch
How Developers and DBAs Collaborate in a DevOps World – 40 minutes – Watch
How DevOps Keeps DBAs Safe from Being Automated Out of a Job – 1 hour – Watch
DevOps: What, who, why and how? – 1 hour – Watch
Can This Team Succeed at DevOps? Panel discussion – 1 hour – Watch
Coping with the Pandemic (T-SQL Tuesday #132)
This post is part of the monthly TSQLTuesday blog event. This month’s topic is from Taiob Ali (b|t). Taiob asks how are we coping amid the pandemic. I have two thoughts overall about how well I’m coping Thought 1: Wow this is rough Thought 2: I am incredibly lucky and privileged, and it’s still rough My pandemic story started with an intercontinental move At the…
Down Tools Week 2020 (10 minute video/podcast episode)
In this episode of Dear SQL DBA, I talk about how Redgate runs “Down Tools Week,” what I’m working on as part of the project, and how this has inspired me to approach creative work in the future.
Things That Shouldn’t Be Normal in Database Development (28 minute video/podcast episode)
Many people use entrenched processes for database development that have been in place so long that it’s hard to imagine doing it any other way. In this episode, I share three things that should NOT be normal for database development– but which are incredibly common. This episode is inspired by the book, “The Unicorn Project”, by Gene Kim. Prefer to listen on the go? Get…
Everything I Never Wanted to Know About Collation (14 minute video/podcast episode)
I’m not an expert on collation in SQL Server, but there are a few important facts which I’ve had to learn the hard way.
In this episode I share the basics, along with helpful resources to learn more.
How to Spell and Capitalize tempdb for SQL Server
No matter what I write in this post, some of y’all are going to tell me I’m wrong. That’s inevitable, because I’m writing about tempdb: a database so complex and mysterious that even the spelling and capitalization of the name is a topic of disagreement.
The Manager’s Guide to Git Training for DBAs (Video / Podcast)
Learning Git can be daunting for DBAs. In this 20 minute episode, I discuss why learning a VCS is necessary for DBAs, then give three tips on scoping your project, choosing the right tools, and making sure the project is successful.
Thoughts As Pride Month 2020 Comes to a Close
I’ve begun working on developing a couple of small habits this month, thanks largely to Andy Mallon‘s helpful advocacy. Becoming more consistent in sharing my pronouns My pronouns are “she/her.” I only became aware of why it’s helpful to share your pronouns in the last year. Before that, I hadn’t given much thought to it. Andy gives a great explanation of why this is helpful…
New Free Course: The Dirty Secrets of NOLOCK
I’m excited to begin moving over courses from SQL Workbooks and making the material available here. The first course up for grabs is The Dirty Secrets of NOLOCK. A little bit about the course What happens when you use NOLOCK hints in your code, or set your isolation level to READ UNCOMMITTED in SQL Server? In 50 minutes of online videos, you will learn what…
How to “Rename” the Master Branch to Main in Git in Azure DevOps
I believe that language matters, and that it is worth our effort to move away from language associated with slavery and racism whenever possible. Azure DevOps doesn’t technically allow you to rename branches– but you can work around the issue by creating a new branch from master, setting the new branch as the default branch, and deleting the master branch. Here’s the Microsoft documentation on…
My recent Simple Talk articles
- Why it makes sense to monitor SQL Server deadlocks in their own Extended Events trace December 3, 2020
- Database DevOps Considerations for SQL Server Availability Groups November 19, 2020
- Three ways that taking the State of Database DevOps Survey helps the community November 16, 2020
- Why database folks should care about User Research October 27, 2020
- Reordering Deployments in Database DevOps October 26, 2020
My recent posts at Redgate.com
- New Videos on Advanced Flyway Features: Target, Undo, CherryPick, Mark as Applied, and Dry Runs November 25, 2020
- My Git and VSCode Setup: Global Git Config, Extensions, and More (Video) November 11, 2020
- Learn Git with the LearnGitBranching Website (Recommendation and Video) November 9, 2020
- Automated Rebaselining with SQL Change Automation Clones October 20, 2020
- Recurring Schedules in Azure DevOps Release Pipelines – Artifacts and Stages October 14, 2020
- How to Avoid Rollbacks in Database DevOps October 8, 2020
- Why to Start Public Speaking as a Manager in Tech October 6, 2020