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Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers – Part 1

What’s the number one thing a data professional wants to do with their data…keep it around. Let’s talk about running SQL Server in Containers using Docker Volumes on a Mac This is the first post in a three part series on Persisting SQL Server Data in Docker Containers. The second post on where Docker actually stores your data is here. And the third post on mapping base OS directories directly into containers is here.

Workshop – Kubernetes Zero to Hero – Installation, Configuration, and Application Deployment

Pre-conference Workshop at SQLSaturday Baton Rouge I’m proud to announce that I will be be presenting an all day pre-conference workshop at SQL Saturday Baton Rouge on August 16th 2019! This one won’t let you down! The workshop is **“Kubernetes Zero to Hero – Installation, Configuration, and Application Deployment” ** <p> <strong>Here’s the abstract for the workshop</strong> </p> </div> <div> <blockquote> <p> Modern application deployment needs to be fast and consistent to keep up with business objectives and Kubernetes is quickly becoming the standard for deploying container-based applications, fast.

New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods

New Pluralsight Course – Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods My new course “Managing the Kubernetes API Server and Pods” in now available on Pluralsight here! Check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in go here! This course offers practical tips from my experiences managing Kubernetes Clusters and workloads for Centino Systems clients. <p> This course targets IT professionals that design and maintain Kubernetes and container based solutions.The course can be used by both the IT pro learning new skills and the system administrator or developer preparing for using Kubernetes both on premises and in the Cloud.

Speaking at SQLSaturday Atlanta – 845

Speaking at SQLSaturday Atlanta! I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQL Saturday Atlanta on May 17th 2018! This one won’t let you down! Check out the amazing schedule! <p> If you don’t know what SQLSaturday is, it’s a whole day of free SQL Server training available to you at no cost! </p> <p> If you haven’t been to a SQLSaturday, what are you waiting for! <a href="https://www.

Using PowerShell in Containers

The vision for PowerShell Core is to be able to run PowerShell anywhere. In this article, I’m going to discuss how you can use Docker Containers to enable just that. We’ll look at running PowerShell in a container, running cmdlets, running different versions of PowerShell at the same time, and also how to build our own “serverless” computing platform. Let’s address a few reasons why you would want to run PowerShell in a container.

Speaking at PowerShell Summit 2019

Speaking at PowerShell Summit 2019! I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit 2019 the conference runs from April 29th 2018 through May 3rd 2019. This is an incredible event packed with fantastic content and speakers. Check out the amazing schedule! All the data you need on going is in this excellent brochure right here! <p> This year I have two sessions! </p> <p> On <strong>Tuesday, April 30th at 11:00AM</strong> &#8211; I’m presenting “<a href="https://app.

Presenting with VS Code and Running Commands on Remote Hosts

In this blog post, I’m going to show you how to use VS Code and Azure Data Studio for presentations where you need to execute local code on remote systems over SSH. The Challenge When using tools like VS Code and PowerShell ISE these tools give you the ability to highlight code and execute that highlighted code. This generally means the highlighted code you want to execute will execute against the local machine.

Using Kubernetes Deployments for Updating SQL Server

In Kubernetes we can leverage Controllers to help manage our application state, keeping them in the desired state. In this blog post, we’re going to look at how to use a Deployment Controller to manage the application state of SQL Server in Kubernetes. We’ll look at deploying SQL Server in a Deployment and using that deployment to upgrade SQL Server and rollback our upgrade. Deploying SQL Server in a Deployment Let’s start off with deploying SQL Server in Kubernetes.

Speaking at SQLBits 2019

Speaking at SQLBits 2019! I’m proud to announce that I will be speaking at SQLBits on March 2nd 2019! It’s been a goal of mine to speak at SQLBits for a few years now and I’m VERY excited for the opportunity! This year’s conference won’t let you down. Check out the amazing schedule of Experts and Microsoft MVPs! If you haven’t been to SQLBits before, what are you waiting for! Sign up now! Here’s the details on my session!

New Pluralsight Course – Kubernetes Installation and Configuration Fundamentals

New Pluralsight Course – Kubernetes Installation and Configuration Fundamentals My new course “Kubernetes Installation and Configuration Fundamentals” in now available on Pluralsight here! If you want to learn about the course, check out the trailer here or if you want to dive right in check it out here! This course offers practical tips from my experiences building Kubernetes Clusters for Centino Systems clients. <p> This course targets IT professionals that design and maintain Kubernetes and container based solutions.