When it comes to testing business applications implemented with Dynamics CRM, sometimes you might have to bring down your production data to your Development, Testing, UAT/Pre Production environments. In such scenarios, what if your company policies does not allow you to play around with sensitive data of their clients. For instance, a tester might trigger several email to a client for testing certain functionality which will surprise the client and some may not like it at all.
Therefore, it is always good to replace sensitive data with dummy data values. But this is not a simple task to do if you have large quantities of data. One might argue that for testing, you may not require large quantities of data. But, if the testers are doing performance testing, then large quantities of data is required.
Objective of this article is to highlight options available to replace/scramble sensitive data with dummy data.
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