Microsoft is releasing software faster and faster. Changes occur in the cloud every couple of weeks. New versions of SQL Server are coming out every couple of years. There’s no sign that this is going to slow down in the future. Don’t worry. Redgate will be right there with you, keeping up with all the changes from Microsoft. Come to this session to see your favorite tools at work with the latest technology that Microsoft has to offer. You’ll see how Redgate can support you in your database development, deployment, and maintenance efforts on both Azure SQL Database and SQL Server 2016. The future may be partly cloudy, but it’s still bright!

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A Partly Cloudy Future
Redgate Tools in SQL Server 2016 & Azure
Grant Fritchey
Redgate Software

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Get in touch
scarydba.com
grant@scarydba.com
@gfritchey
Grant Fritchey

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Azure SQL Database
Azure First
It’s just
SQL Server
…mostly…
v12

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In-Memory Enhancements
Alter
Columnstore
Broader T-SQL
footprint

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Temporal Tables
Built in
“versioned” data
Secondary
system table
Storage & access
implications
T-SQL impacts

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JSON
Really?
NVARCHAR
Performance
not storage

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Stretch Table
Live archive
Invisible to
users
… except for
performance
Azure only

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Dynamic Data Masking
Live output
modification
Doesn’t affect
storage
Requires
security set-up

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• Partly Cloudy Future
• Cloudy
• Dirt