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SQL Provision Development and Testing with Clones
SQL Provision offers users an easier way to manage, organize and make available masked copies of databases
Rebecca Edwards premieres the new SQL Clone 3.0 dashboard, and explains new features to make it easier to manage clones, view recent activity on them, and reset clones with the push of a button. Read moreHow to reset your development database in seconds using SQL Clone
Owen Hall describes the new "clone reset" feature, how it works and the database development and testing processes it enables, or makes simpler and quicker. Read more
Getting Started with Database Development Using SQL Provision
Steve Jones shares how he migrates his existing development databases to clones, using SQL Provision and a simple PowerShell function. Read moreSQL Server Database Provisioning: Getting Started with SQL Clone
Tony Davis takes a ‘first look’ at cloning databases with SQL Clone, reviewing some of the database provisioning challenges that we seek to overcome, explaining briefly how SQL Clone works, and then walking through a simple example of creating a clone from a live database. Read moreDatabase provisioning from backups using SQL Clone
A step-by-step guide to creating an image from a database full backup, or from a full backup plus differential backup. Read moreWhy is my clone so small?
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 moreBackup and restore of a SQL Clone
What if you now do development work on a clone, but you to continue working on you own local clone while ‘disconnected’, such as when travelling? One simple option if the original database contains no private data, or the image has been masked, is to performance a normal backup and restore operations the clone, although you'll now be working with a normal, full-sized database. Read moreSQL Clone: the aspirin for your database provisioning headaches
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 moreTeam-based database development with SQL Clone
For most development teams, the database provisioning process involves some element of compromise. Either the process is slow, but the database is realistic or the process is fast but the database unrealistic. Chris Hurley explains why SQL Clone can allow the team to develop and test with a real database, without the compromises. Read moreRedgate Hub
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