Database DevOps might sound at first like it makes DBAs less relevant and easier to replace, but DevOps is actually a great opportunity to secure and advance your position as a DBA. While services such as Azure SQL Database Managed Instances offer companies the ability to quickly outsource traditional DBA tasks such as managing backups and high availability, Database DevOps offers DBAs the opportunity to develop expertise in areas for which demand is increasing. More and more, organizations need a senior level database specialist to manage the following business-critical tasks: • Tailor source control strategies for database code to work best for the organization • Automate testing and release of database code with the right review and approval gates to produce stable, safe deployments • Efficiently identify risky database changes which require careful code review • Quickly provision databases which mask or remove sensitive data for new projects • Optimize practices to reduce bugs and outages caused by database code releases Our expert panel discuss how you can start your Database DevOps education and advance your career as a DBA. • Hamish Watson, Microsoft Data Platform MVP, Speaker, Consultant, VMware Expert and DevOps Enthusiast. • Kendra Little, MVP, Evangelist at Redgate and Founder of SQL Workbooks • William Durkin, Co-Founder & Data Platform Architect from Data Masterminds • Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman, Microsoft Data Platform Architect & Founder of DBAKevlar

1. How DevOps keeps DBAs
safe from being automated
out of a job
March 2019

2. Hamish Watson
@theHybridDBA
Microsoft MVP, Consultant, VMware
Expert, DevOps Enthusiast
Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman
@DBAKevlar
Microsoft Data Platform Architect &
Founder of DBAKevlar
William Durkin
@sql_williamd
Microsoft MVP, Co-Founder & Data
Platform Architect from Data
Masterminds
Kendra Little
@Kendra_Little
Microsoft MVP, Evangelist at
Redgate, Founder of SQL
Workbooks

3. Which traditional DBA
tasks have been
”automated away”?
How will this change in
5 years?

4. What should a forward-looking
DBA learn about source
control?

5. What are key elements of
automation that DBAs
should learn about?

6. How often should dev and QA
environment refreshes occur, and what
should a DBA’s role be in that process?

7. In 10 years’ time, how do
you expect troubleshooting
errors in production
databases to work for most
teams? Will DBAs be
involved?

8. What existing skills
do traditional DBAs
have that lend to
DevOps
engineering and
the future of the
data industry?

9. What are your top 3
recommendations for
DBAs to focus on
learning this year to be
best prepared for the
future?

10. Thank you, panelists!
Hamish Watson @theHybridDBA
Kellyn Pot'Vin-Gorman @DBAKevlar
William Durkin @sql_williamd

11. Theme: Compliant Database DevOps in the Age of Digital
Transformation
London, UK: April 30 2019 Los Angeles, USA: May 15 2019
Austin, USA: May 22 2019 Brisbane, AUS: May 31 2019
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