Introducing Introducing Microsoft® Visual Microsoft® Visual Studio® 2005 Team Studio® 2005 Team Edition for Database Edition for Database ProfessionalsProfessionals

Andy CheungAndy CheungISV Developer EvangelistISV Developer EvangelistMicrosoft Hong KongMicrosoft Hong Kong

Business

Analyst

PMO

Operations

CIO

Application

Support

Architect

ProjectManager

Tester

Designer

Visual Studio Team SystemVisual Studio Team System

Developer

Visual Studio Team SystemVisual Studio Team System

Business

Analyst

PMO

Operations

CIO

Application

Support

Architect

ProjectManager

Tester

Designer

Developer

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Team Edition for Team Edition for Database Database ProfessionalsProfessionals

• Expand to database teamsExpand to database teams• Manage Database ChangeManage Database Change• Extend Team productivity and Extend Team productivity and

collaborationcollaboration• Integrated qualityIntegrated quality

Conceptual OverviewConceptual Overview Difficult to manage change to the Difficult to manage change to the

schemaschema Production database is one version Production database is one version

of the truth for data and schemaof the truth for data and schema Database administrator (DBA) Database administrator (DBA)

doesn’t have access to changes doesn’t have access to changes until he/she has deploy or reject until he/she has deploy or reject choicechoice

Changes often made to production Changes often made to production database and not rolled back into database and not rolled back into testtest

ProductiProduction on

DatabaseDatabase

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ManagemeManagement Studiont Studio

TuningTuningMonitoringMonitoring

““One Version of One Version of the Truth”the Truth” for for Data and Data and SchemaSchema

SchemaSchemaSchema ChangesSchema Changes

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TuningTuningMonitoringMonitoring

““One Version of One Version of the Truth”the Truth” for for DataData

““One Version of the One Version of the Truth”Truth” for for Schema Schema •Offline Offline •Under Source Under Source ControlControl

SchemaSchema

Schema ChangesSchema Changes

Changes can be rolled out Changes can be rolled out in a scheduled, managed in a scheduled, managed wayway

Scripts allow Scripts allow administrators to mange administrators to mange change updateschange updates

Schema change now managed in Schema change now managed in Visual Studio Team System and Visual Studio Team System and Team Foundation ServerTeam Foundation Server

Production Database is now “One Production Database is now “One version of the truth” only for Dataversion of the truth” only for Data

DBA doesn’t have access to DBA doesn’t have access to changes until he/she has deploy or changes until he/she has deploy or reject choicereject choice

““One Version of the truth for One Version of the truth for Schema” is Under Source ControlSchema” is Under Source Control

Creating a ProjectCreating a Project

• Core concept: offline database Core concept: offline database developmentdevelopment

• Simply a series of files collected Simply a series of files collected together into a single logical collectiontogether into a single logical collection

• The files represent the truth of your The files represent the truth of your schemaschema

• Can be included in complete solutionCan be included in complete solution• Connects to SCCI providers for Connects to SCCI providers for

versioning such as Team Foundation versioning such as Team Foundation ServerServer

Offline DevelopmentOffline Development

• Import database schema to Import database schema to populate project from existing populate project from existing databasedatabase

• Changes to schema traditionally Changes to schema traditionally have immediate affecthave immediate affect

• With offline project nothing With offline project nothing changes until you deploy the changes until you deploy the changechange

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•Work is being Work is being drivendrivenand tracked viaand tracked viawork itemswork items

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Build CycleBuild Cycle

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SCM

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Benefits of ApproachBenefits of Approach

Managed, project oriented evolution Managed, project oriented evolution of database schemaof database schema

Application and database schema can Application and database schema can now be managed togethernow be managed together

Work in “isolation”, deploying only Work in “isolation”, deploying only when changes verified through when changes verified through empirical meansempirical means

Leverage VSTS work item tracking Leverage VSTS work item tracking and process guidance increases team and process guidance increases team collaboration and unitycollaboration and unity

What We Can TestWhat We Can Test• Stored ProceduresStored Procedures• FunctionsFunctions• TriggersTriggers• Arbitrary SQLArbitrary SQL• Support at Release to Market (RTM) to Support at Release to Market (RTM) to

automatically deploy changes to test automatically deploy changes to test system and generate datasystem and generate data

• Deterministic data generation ensures Deterministic data generation ensures stable test statestable test state

• Can test with your application tier Can test with your application tier because of common frameworkbecause of common framework

Test DataTest Data

• To create a solid foundation for testing To create a solid foundation for testing we support data generationwe support data generation

• Deterministic – always generate the Deterministic – always generate the same layoutsame layout

• Matched to your schema and very Matched to your schema and very customizablecustomizable

• Extensible mechanism, build your own Extensible mechanism, build your own generatorsgenerators

• Feature: DataGeneratorFeature: DataGenerator

Incorporate the database professionals into the software life cycle and Incorporate the database professionals into the software life cycle and provide them with a foundation for change management and process provide them with a foundation for change management and process

integration.integration.

Incorporate the database professionals into the software life cycle and Incorporate the database professionals into the software life cycle and provide them with a foundation for change management and process provide them with a foundation for change management and process

integration.integration. Change ManagementChange Management

Project-Based DevelopmentProject-Based Development Project ModelProject Model that represents schema as objects providing a “personal sandbox” that represents schema as objects providing a “personal sandbox”

for offline development that lives within a Visual Studio solutionfor offline development that lives within a Visual Studio solution Team CollaborationTeam Collaboration with Work Item and Process Integration with Microsoftwith Work Item and Process Integration with Microsoft® ®

Visual StudioVisual Studio®® 2005 Team Foundation Server 2005 Team Foundation Server Automated Change SupportAutomated Change Support

Rename RefactoringRename Refactoring with the ability to preview pending changes prior to with the ability to preview pending changes prior to executionexecution

Comparison ToolsComparison Tools (Schema and Data Compare) allow comparisons (Schema and Data Compare) allow comparisons and and synchronization of schema and data with design/test/production databases synchronization of schema and data with design/test/production databases

Source/Version ControlSource/Version Control of all database objects with the ability to reverse of all database objects with the ability to reverse engineer a database to bring it under Source Controlengineer a database to bring it under Source Control

Database Unit TestingDatabase Unit Testing Leverages theLeverages the Test Project Infrastructure Test Project Infrastructure GenerateGenerate “Real and Meaningful” “Real and Meaningful” Data ValuesData Values through the ability to import through the ability to import

information such as Row Counts and histograms from a real databaseinformation such as Row Counts and histograms from a real database Data Generator provides Data Generator provides Repetitive Dataset GenerationRepetitive Dataset Generation for tests based on saved for tests based on saved

settingssettings Build / DeploymentBuild / Deployment

MSBuild Integration MSBuild Integration for Database Deployments/Builds based on Projects for Database Deployments/Builds based on Projects Either Either CreateCreate a new Database at the target location or a new Database at the target location or UpdateUpdate an Existing an Existing

SchemaSchema

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