Learn Database DevOps With Redgate

2022

TL; DR

Learn database DevOps using Redgate Software.

Session Details

People, Process, Tools.
That’s the order in which to place your priorities when attempting to implement DevOps within any organization. Join the Redgate Advocate team as they take an entire day to address how to do database DevOps. We will be following that same pattern, helping you first understand the importance of people in DevOps. Then we’ll be working through the various process steps, best practices, and mechanisms, all in support of making your database deployments safer, as well as faster and more frequent. Finally, we’ll be finishing up showing you various tools from Azure DevOps to AWS Developer Tools and Github Actions, all in support of making your database deployments automated. Along the way, we’ll also show you some Redgate products that make the whole thing easier.

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