DB Version Control

SSMS plugin to version control your SQL Server database

Migrations based approach using automatically generated change scripts.

Keeps track of schema objects and static data.

Use with any version control system (GIT/TFS/SVN/etc.).

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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

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Tutorials

How is DB Version Control different from other tools?
It is not a secret that there are other tools on the market to version control SQL Server databases. But how is DB Version Control different? Migra...
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Working with Azure SQL Databases
Azure SQL database is a fully managed cloud based version of SQL Server. DB Version Control supports Azure SQL databases and we will go through how...
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Versioning static data
Versioning static data is not a common feature supported by various database version control systems due to the additional complexities involved. T...
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Multi-environment project setup
In this tutorial, we will explain how to set up your project within DB Version Control when there are multiple environments available (e.g. develop...
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Using Branches while developing the database
In the previous tutorial, we discussed how DB Version Control supports multiple developers working with the database - both dedicated and shared de...
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Working with a team while making changes to the versioned database
In the previous tutorials, we demonstrated couple simple scenarios when a single developer made changes to the database. In this tutorial, we will ...
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Deploying changes from scripted database files
In the previous tutorial, we showed how to work with database changes together with DB Version Control tool. Keeping database changes in the versio...
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Record changes to the database that is being version controlled
In the previous tutorial, we showed how to get started with DB Version Control tool to start versioning your SQL Server database. In this tutorial,...
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Version control an existing database - getting started
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to version control an existing SQL Server database. We will use the AdventureWorks sample database (that ...
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SSMS plugin to version control your SQL Server database

Why version control your SQL Server database?

What does DB Version Control do?

How to develop your SQL Server database?

How is DB Version Control different from other tools?

Working with Azure SQL Databases

Versioning static data

Multi-environment project setup

Using Branches while developing the database

Working with a team while making changes to the versioned database

Deploying changes from scripted database files

Record changes to the database that is being version controlled

Version control an existing database - getting started