Trivadis biGENiUS is a tool that automates database deployments using Microsoft Team Foundation Server. It generates deployment scripts and packages them as artifacts that can be deployed through TFS builds and releases. The biGENiUS TFS extension includes tasks to generate scripts, run builds, and deploy scripts to environments during releases. It provides logging and versioning of all deployment steps and changes for continuous delivery of database changes using TFS.

1. BASEL BERN BRUGG DÜSSELDORF FRANKFURT A.M. FREIBURG I.BR. GENEVA
HAMBURG COPENHAGEN LAUSANNE MUNICH STUTTGART VIENNA ZURICH
Trivadis biGENiUS®
Deployment Automation with Microsoft Team Foundation Server ®
Alex Bechtloff

2. Agenda
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1. biGENiUS® - generating scripts
2. Team Foundation Server ® functions
3. Trivadis biGENiUS® TFS Extension
4. biGENiUS® – Deployment automation
Generate Task
Release Steps
5. biGENiUS® PowerShell Deployment Tools

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biGENiUS® - generating scripts

4. 2 built-in toolsets
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GUI
– Adjustable destination folder
– Selectable Environment

5. 2 built-in toolsets
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Command line
– Parameters for
• Project
• Version
• Environment
• Destination folder
• Login/password

6. Needed functionality
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Delta deployment of changes only manually
– TSQL scripts run DROP / CREATE
– Old/dropped/renamed objects remain
No logging of changes
– What-If scenarios
– „What changed with the last release ?“
No versioning of TSQL scripts or changes
Customer request:
– „one-click deployment automation“

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Team Foundation Server® functions

8. Team Foundation Server ® Builds
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Builds
– Checks-out
sources from TFS
version control
repositories
– Executes tasks
on source code
– Publishes
artifacts for later
usage in releases
– Can be triggered
automatically

9. biGENiUS® TFS Build - logging
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Logging information is saved and versioned
Additional html file is created and versioned

10. Team Foundation Server ® Releases
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Releases
– Multiple release
definitions and
branches possible
– Takes the Build
artifacts
– Deploys artifacts
to destination
environments

11. biGENiUS® TFS Release - logging
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Logging
information is
saved and
versioned
Additional html
logfile is created
and versioned

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Trivadis biGENiUS® TFS Extension

13. biGENiUS ® TFS - Extension
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Soon available in
Microsoft Marketplace 
Bundles necessary tasks
for connecting TFS
Build and Release
Full logging, versioning and
e-mail functionality
Easy management and upgrade in Team
Foundation Server – Manage Extensions
Follow us on http://support.bigenius.info

14. biGENiUS® Generate Task
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Reads the config file and calls biGENiUS

15. biGENiUS® Generate Task - Output
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Generates Folder structure
– For T-SQL
• biGENiUS® output
– Creates Data-tier
application package
(DACPAC)
• For each database used in
project
Check-in with TFS version
control repository

16. Release Steps – Environment Definition
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Reads the biGENiUS® config file,
sets some environment variables
Executes defined tasks
– Based on customer / project
needs
– Example (PROD environment):
Staging area DROP/CREATE objects
Cleansing area DROP/CREATE objects
Data Warehouse core DELTA deploy of objects/object
changes using DACPACs
Data Marts DELTA deploy of objects/object
changes using DACPACs

17. biGENiUS® Release Steps
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Artifacts connect the builds to possibly multiple release
definitions
4-eyes principle possible
• Approval prior to each phase
• Sends e-mail to
• Single user or group of
approvers
• Triggered start
• Dependency from prior
successful phase / tasks

18. biGENiUS ® PowerShell Deployment Tools
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Run-able without Team
Foundation Server
Bundles necessary tasks in
PowerShell Module
Lot of PowerShell CMDlets
for various tasks
Connection to stand-alone
GIT version control
repository
Soon to come 

19. Questions and Answers …
Alex Bechtloff
Principal Consultant
Tel. +43 1 332 35 31 30
Alex.Bechtloff@trivadis.com
10/1/2018
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