Tag Archives: deployment

Making VSTS Deployment Changes to Databases without Breaking Your Application

Posted on April 17, 2017 by way0utwest

One of the things that I do a lot is demo changes to databases with CI/CD in a DevOps fashion. However, I also want to make some application changes to my sample app without breaking things. As a result, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Upgrading VSTS Redgate Build Tasks

Posted on April 11, 2017 by way0utwest

I’ve been putting it off, but in prepping for SQL Bits demos, I decided this was a good time to just upgrade my original build and release tasks on VSTS from v1 to v2 for the Redgate tasks. The first … Continue reading →

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Staging Deployments

Posted on April 7, 2017 by way0utwest

This editorial was originally published on Nov 30, 2011. It is being republished as Steve is out of the office. Software development can be a complicated dance. Most of us do not work for a software vendor and don’t have … Continue reading →

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Watch the Manual DBA v Automated Deployment Challenge

Posted on January 5, 2017 by way0utwest

At last year’s SQL in the City, I played the part of a manual DBA making changes and deploying those from development to test, staging, and production environments. Actually, I don’t think we went to production because I didn’t have … Continue reading →

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