> fwiw it's generally not compliant to copy prod data into an alternative env without doing major scrubbing. Else your preprod env now has to have SOC compliance things like auditing of access to DBs, GDPR deletion etc.
Which it absolutely should. If the idea is to go from your local environment with test data, to some staging or pre-prod environment in the cloud with (potentially) prod data. Then that cloud environment (regardless if it's called staging or pre-prod, or if it houses prod data or not), should be an exact replication of your production environment. Down to every detail.
Which it absolutely should. If the idea is to go from your local environment with test data, to some staging or pre-prod environment in the cloud with (potentially) prod data. Then that cloud environment (regardless if it's called staging or pre-prod, or if it houses prod data or not), should be an exact replication of your production environment. Down to every detail.