Compare and deploy SQL Server database contents

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How to compare and deploy SQL Server database contents with SQL Data Compare (3:29)

Introduction to SQL Data Compare

SQL Data Compare is the industry-standard tool for comparing and deploying SQL Server database contents.

You can work with live databases, backups, or SQL scripts in source control. Damaged or missing data can be restored to a single row, without the need for a full database recovery.

SQL Data Compare helps you compare and deploy changes quickly, simply, and with zero errors.

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SQL Data Compare CLI functionality is available in our SQL Toolbelt Essentials or Redgate Flyway products

Key features

Do all this with SQL Data Compare Standard

  • Save time comparing and synchronizing data
  • Copy lookup data from development databases to staging or production
  • Generate T-SQL scripts to update one database with the contents of another
  • Keep an accurate history of all previous database records
  • Compare and synchronize data from within SQL Server Management Studio
  • Deploy to SQL Server, SQL Azure, and SQL Server on Amazon RDS

Do even more with SQL Data Compare Pro

  • Quickly fix problems by restoring damaged or missing data to a single row
  • Deploy databases from source control
  • Compare and synchronize from backup files
  • Automate comparison and synchronization tasks with SQL Change Automation
  • Run SQL Data Compare Pro on your build server for continuous integration, with SQL Change Automation

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Select what you want to compare

Select data to deploy

Create a manual deployment script

The databases are identical

Compare and manually deploy database contents from within SSMS

Troy Hunt

Automated data syncing with SQL Data Compare Pro and TeamCity

Software architect and Microsoft MVP Troy Hunt uses SQL Data Compare Pro to sync data back down from production, to his test and development environments.

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