Category Continuous Integration

Speaking at SQL Saturday Lisbon #583

In a few days, I will be heading towards Lisbon to speak at the annual SQL Saturday which takes place on Saturday March 11th. On March 9th and 10th, there are 3 preconference workshops held by some of the very knowledgeable people in the industry, so if you are near you don’t want to miss Friday […]

Speaking at SQL Saturday #526 Rochester

This year, I decided to cut down on the number of SQL Saturdays I would attend, SQL Saturday #526 Rochester is one of the few I submitted to and I was so delighted to get selected. I will present 2 sessions at the event on May 14th. I haven’t been upstate New York since 1986 […]

Speaking at SQL Konferenz 2015

In a few weeks I will be heading to Darmstadt (near Frankfurt) for speaking at the SQL Konferenz 2015. This is my first time speaking at this event but from what I’ve heard from the previous y:ear this is a great event. The event is organised by PASS Germany and some of my great community […]

Automating database tests with Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server

This is the third post in the series about database development and testing using SQL Server Data Tools and Team Foundation Server. Post 1 : Continuous Integration with SSDT and TFS Post 2 : Unit testing with SQL Server Data Tools You can run test in Visual Studio to test the quality of your build. […]

Continuous deployment with SQL Server Data Tools and Team Foundation Server

SQL Server Data Tools – a free standalone download or and add-in to visual studio comes in different flavors and versions. Although this blog post uses Visual Studio 2012 and SSDT stand-alone the principles are example are also valid on Visual Studio 2013. As you know SSDT is Microsoft developer tools for working with SQL […]