Deploying Refactoring Changes to a Database

When you work in Visual Studio Team System Database Edition, you change an offline representation of the database. To commit those changes to a live database, you must build and deploy the database project. 

In This Section

• How to: Deploy Database Refactoring Changes
  Lists the steps to set deployment properties for a refactored database project, build the project, and then deploy the project.

• Walkthrough: Deploying Database Refactoring Changes
  Walks you through the process of setting deployment properties for a refactored database project, building the project, and then deploying the project. You also compare the live database before and after deployment by using Server Explorer.

Related Sections

• Refactoring Databases
  Contains links to information about refactoring databases, which includes renaming database objects, and refactoring databases in a team environment.

• Protecting Data during a Renaming Operation
  Discusses options to prevent possible data loss when you rename a database object.