Learn from Grant Fritchey about the common, repetitive tasks required to administer databases. Identify tools available to help make the tasks easier. Automate the resolution of these tasks in order to reduce time spent and errors produced.

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Validate Production Deployment
Validate Data Load
Recover Objects From Backups
Maintain Lookup Data
Audit Database Structures

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Not just Production
Deployments happen frequently
Failed deployments are costly
Recovery may be impossible
Code creep occurs in databases too

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Provide a safety net for data movement
Partial success is hard to identify
More than just a row count
Makes immediate recovery possible

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Oops
Restore is first choice
Restore may not be possible
Not just objects, but data

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Common data
Multiple locations
Consistent behavior
Accurate data retrieval

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Others with ‘sa’ priveleges
Unknown state of server
No deployment process
No change log
Legal compliance

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– Databases
– Backups
– Scripts
– Snapshots
• Use command line
• Learn PowerShell

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