Moody's Analytics had a constant need to provision database copies, particularly for the Test Engineers who needed to run multiple daily database integration and acceptance tests. SQL Clone reduced the time taken to deploy a database copy to minutes, instead of hours. Read more
Grant Fritchey discusses the need to ‘shift left’ the database and associated database testing, while keeping sensitive data secure when it is outside the production environment, and how SQL Provision can help you achieve this. Read more
SQL Clone permissions give you simple control over who can access SQL Clone, and what they can do with it. Read more
Richard Macaskill describes a lightweight copy-and-generate approach for making a sanitized database build available to development teams, using SQL Clone, SQL Change Automation and SQL Data Generator. Read more
Can we use a striped backup as the source for a SQL Clone image? Yes we can! Read more
How is it possible that the cloned databases could be so small and lightweight, and yet behave exactly like any normal database, complete with all the data? It sounds like magic, but it's not. It simply makes clever use of native Windows virtualization technology. Read more
For teams who use a shared development database out of necessity rather than choice, SQL Clone might make the dedicated model viable for the first time. Read more
Steve Jones proves that SQL Clone can create a clone from a TDE-protected SQL Server database backup. Read more
Steve Jones proves that SQL Clone can create a clone from a SQL Server database that is protected by Transparent Data Encryption (TDE). Read more
It has always been a difficult task to provision development and test environments so that they reflect as closely as possible what’s present in production. With the rise of containerization and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies, some parts of this are becoming much easier. We can automate the process of spinning up and configuring new virtual Read more
