August 7, 2023 vijaykr123 DevOps Leave a comment

Fundamental Tutorials of SQL Server

What is SQL Server? SQL Server, developed by Microsoft, is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that provides an environment for creating, managing, and interacting with databases. It’s designed to store and manage large volumes of data efficiently and securely while offering tools for querying, analyzing, and manipulating that data. SQL Server is commonly used in various applications and industries to handle structured data. What are the top use cases of SQL Server? These are just a few of the

August 5, 2023 vijaykr123 DevOps Leave a comment

Fundamental Tutorials of SQL

What is SQL? SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It is a standard language for accessing and manipulating data in a relational database. A relational database stores data in tables, which are made up of rows and columns. Each row represents a single record, and each column represents a single piece of data about that record. SQL can be used to perform a wide variety of tasks on a relational database, including: What are the top use cases of SQL?

May 20, 2020 bestdevops Azure Leave a comment

Azure-hosted AI for finding code defects emitted – but does it work?

Source:-theregister.co.uk How many defects has it found? Never mind that, check out the architecture flow chart Altran – in association with Microsoft – has pushed out an open source project to find code defects via AI whenever you commit code. It is easy to see why Microsoft is keen. This is a self-managed service where you download the code and purchase Azure resources on which to host it. The project from Altran – a consulting and software engineering firm that’s

May 14, 2020 bestdevops Google Cloud Leave a comment

Google Cloud Platform leverages Google’s cloud expertise

Source:-gigabitmagazine.com As the operator of a search engine, video sharing platform and email service, among many other things, Google has built itself on the success of its internal cloud systems. But Google also offers its cloud expertise to enterprise in the form of its Google Cloud Platform. With services such as data management, hybrid and multi-cloud, AI and machine learning. The company pushes the ability to work with existing enterprise systems such as SAP, VMware, Windows and Oracle without compromising

April 8, 2020 bestdevops AWS Leave a comment

AWS Migration Acceleration Program for Windows now generally available

Source:-zdnet.com The program helps customers execute large-scale migrations and modernizations of Windows workloads on AWS. Amazon Web Services on Monday announced the general availability of its Migration Acceleration Program (MAP) for Windows. First previewed at AWS re:Invent 2019, the program aims to help organizations execute large-scale migrations and modernizations of Windows workloads on AWS. Specifically, MAP for Windows offers prescriptive guidance, consulting support from experts, tools, training and service credits to help reduce the risk and cost of migrating to the

March 9, 2020 bestdevops Azure, Kubernetes Leave a comment

Azure Insights: Kubernetes API access; Firewall updates; Certifications; Cloud native and serverless

Source:-msdynamicsworld.com Microsoft Azure pros share their thoughts on security Kubernetes API access, Firewall updates in February, changes to certifications and the impact of cloud-native, serverless and containerized tech. Securing Kubernetes API access Richard Hooper, writing on Pixel Robots, explained how to secure access to the Kubernetes API on an Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) cluster. By default, the API is internet accessible with HTTPS. Initially, Hooper cleared up any confusion for readers of his recent blogs pertaining to role-based access control

February 29, 2020 bestdevops Docker Leave a comment

Windows 10: Containers are the future, and here’s what you need to know

Source:-techrepublic.com With two use cases for its containers, and five different container models, it would seem that Microsoft’s container strategy is ripe for confusion. But that’s not the case. Microsoft offers many different container models on Windows. If you’re running Windows 10 you’re running several without even realising it: wrapping and isolating all your UWP apps; using thin virtual machines to deliver security; and, if you’re a developer, either Windows or Linux Docker instances. That layered container model is key

October 18, 2019 bestdevops Vmware Leave a comment

VMware tightens Amazon Web Services cloud integration

Source:- networkworld.com VMware has taken another step to integrate its virtual kingdom with Amazon Web Services’ world with an on-premise service that will let customers automate database provisioning and management. The package, Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) on VMware is available now for customers running VMware vSphere 6.5 or later and supports Microsoft SQL Server, PostgreSQL, and MySQL. Other DBs will be supported in the future, the companies said.[ Read also: How to plan a software-defined data-center network |Get regularly scheduled insights by signing up for Network

July 10, 2019 bestdevops IT Training Leave a comment

Microsoft kills off SQL Server 2008, waves customers onto Azure

Source:- devclass.com Microsoft finally pulls the plug on SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 today, while simultaneously teasing new services to tempt the remaining on-prem holdouts to its Azure counterparts to the aging databases. John Chirapurath, general manager, SQL Server and Azure Data + AI, marked the big switch off with a blog post that thanked customers “for the ten amazing years we’ve had together” while simultaneously pointing customers at its Azure platform. Microsoft is banking on customers moving to either

November 3, 2017 bestdevops DevOps Leave a comment

Bringing a DevOps Approach to Databases

Source – infoq.com Today at Day 1 of PASS Summit 2017, Redgate Evangelist Steve Jones presented his tips for taking a DevOps approach to database management. His approach includes tips that can benefit installations of all sizes. Jones began his presentation by sharing that in 2016 Amazon deployed production-level changes every 12 seconds. One of reasons he shared this was to illustrate the rate of change that can be effectively delivered with an effective approach to change management. Given the amount

March 1, 2017 bestdevops Cloud Computing, DevOps, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

Tips on how to build your first SQL Server container

Source:- techtarget.com Navigating the new world of containers might seem daunting, but the examples outlined here will walk you through the process of creating and managing containers for SQL Server. Support for containers is one of the most important new features in Windows Server 2016 and, in turn, SQL Server. And if you’re looking to virtualize your databases, there are good reasons to put them in a SQL Server container. Containers virtualize at the operating system level, making them far

February 13, 2017 bestdevops Continuous Integration, DevOps Best Practices, DevOps Tools Leave a comment

SQL Server Database Continuous Integration (CI) Best Practices And How To Implement Them – Testing, Processing And Automation

Source:- glassgraden.com Test databases should be processed with unit tests In many shops code is unit tested at the point of commit. For databases, I prefer running all unit tests at once and in sequence against a QA database, vs development, as part of a Test step, in my continuous integration workflow pipeline. Yes, issues would be caught later than at check-in, but continuous integration largely solves this with frequent iterations, including at a commit itself. So the difference between