A DevOps approach to software delivery encourages teams to work together to improve the efficiency and quality of every release. But provisioning realistic database environments quickly for development and testing is often a bottleneck to the process due to time and storage concerns. Redgate’s SQL Provision solves many of the problems teams face when spinning up and refreshing environments. In this webinar panel discussion, Redgate’s Anderson Rangel was joined by Microsoft Data Platform MVPs Hamish Watson and Kendra Little to discuss the benefits of SQL Provision: • What is the biggest pain point that SQL Provision solves? • Is SQL Provision effective only in DevOps environments? • Does automated provisioning improve the relationship between teams? • Is it a bad practice to develop in a shared environment?

2. How SQL Provision Speeds
Up and Secures DevOps

3. We are….
Anderson Rangel · Engineer at Redgate
anderson.rangel@red-gate.com
Hamish Watson · @theHybridDBA · DevOps Alchemist
hamish@morphit.co.nz
Kendra Little · @Kendra_Little · Evangelist at Redgate
kendra.little@red-gate.com

4. Today’s topics

5. Does Automated
Provisioning Improve
Collaboration?

6. 2019 State of Database DevOps Report
Our first question relates to this finding

7. 2019 State of Database DevOps Report

8. 40% said team integration is “good” but…
• The ‘good’ description is “DBAs getting more
involved on an adhoc basis”
• 79% did not check the box saying Devs and DBAs
work effectively as one team, using standardized
tools
• Teams are still quite separated

9. Question:
Does automated provisioning
improve the relationship
between teams, or give them
reasons not to talk to one
another?

10. Question:
Is SQL Provision effective in
only DevOps environments? Or
can it work in a more strongly
siloed environment?

11. What is the Biggest
Problem that Automated
Provisioning Solves?

12. 2019 State of Database DevOps Report

13. Question:
What is the most important
driver for DevOps that SQL
Provision enables?

14. 2019 State of Database DevOps Report

15. Question:
Why aren’t more people
using automated
provisioning for databases?

16. Should Developers Use
Shared or Dedicated
Database Development
Environments?

17. 2019 State of Database DevOps Report

18. Question:
Is it a bad practice to develop
in a shared environment, and is
that an argument for
automated provisioning? Why
and why not?

19. Which Technique is Best:
Masking, Purging, or
Generating Data?

20. 2019 State of Database DevOps Report

21. Question:
Which is better: masking,
taking a subset, or generating
data? Are there scenarios
where generating is best?

22. 2019 State of Database DevOps Report

23. Question:
Is 53% of production data
needing to be masked high,
low, or right on?

24. Thanks for attending this
panel!