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Database Continuous Integration with SQL Clone and SQL Change Automation

Phil Factor provides the basis for a Database Continuous Integration process, using SQL Change Automation to build the latest database, and then SQL Clone to distribute it to the various team-based servers that need it. Having honed the process, you can run it every time someone commits a database change. Read more

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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 more

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How 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

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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 more

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Database 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 more

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Basic data masking for development work using SQL Clone and SQL Data Generator

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

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Why 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 more

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Backup 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… Read more

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SQL 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 more

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Team-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,… Read more

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Topic: Development and Testing with Clones

Database Continuous Integration with SQL Clone and SQL Change Automation

SQL Provision offers users an easier way to manage, organize and make available masked copies of databases

How to reset your development database in seconds using SQL Clone

Getting Started with Database Development Using SQL Provision

Database provisioning from backups using SQL Clone

Basic data masking for development work using SQL Clone and SQL Data Generator

Why is my clone so small?

Backup and restore of a SQL Clone

SQL Clone: the aspirin for your database provisioning headaches

Team-based database development with SQL Clone

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