https://blog.smarttechventures.au/tags/azure-sql/Recent content in Azure Sql on Chris McKelt - Remembering ThoughtsHugo -- 0.147.2enWed, 28 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0800https://blog.smarttechventures.au/articles/posts/using-azure-pipelines-to-restore-a-production-database-to-another-environment/Wed, 28 Aug 2019 00:00:00 +0800https://blog.smarttechventures.au/articles/posts/using-azure-pipelines-to-restore-a-production-database-to-another-environment/<p>Often we need a fresh copy of the production database in another environment (eg DEV/TEST/UAT). </p> <p>Previously this was a tedious task involving getting a backup file, copying it to another location, restoring the database.   Here is a solution to automate this process using Azure Pipelines.</p> <h3 id="user-story">User Story</h3> <pre><code>Given a production database exists in subscription 1 When we do a release of the Azure Pipeline named ‘_Refresh Database – DEV’_ Then an copy of production is available in the DEV environment in subscription 2 And permissions are correct for the DEV environment </code></pre> <h2 id="pipeline-overview">Pipeline Overview</h2> <p>For each environment that you wish to restore into create an Azure Pipeline with 3 stages.</p>