Why version control your SQL Server database?
- to know who changed what, when and why
- to achieve repeatable and automated database deployments
What does DB Version Control do?
- tracks database changes and generates migrations (change scripts) automatically for both schema objects and static data
- scripts schema objects and static data into individual files for change tracking
How to develop your SQL Server database?
- use DB Version Control to generate migrations and script objects to files
- use any version control system (GIT, TFS, SVN) to keep track of generated database files
- use Migration runner to deploy database changes
Tutorials
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Working with Azure SQL Databases
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Versioning static data
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Multi-environment project setup
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Using Branches while developing the database
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Working with a team while making changes to the versioned database
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Deploying changes from scripted database files
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Record changes to the database that is being version controlled
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Version control an existing database - getting started