Activation

Last modified: June 12, 2025

After installing dbForge Unit Test for SQL Server, you need to activate the product—even for the trial version. You can activate Unit Test for SQL Server in one of the following ways: online in SSMS, offline using a license file, or via the command line.

Activate online

This activation method requires an active internet connection.

To activate Unit Test for SQL Server online:

1. In SSMS, select Unit Test > Help > Activate Product.

Tip

If the Unit Test menu isn’t visible on the menu bar, you can find it under Extensions. To add it to the menu bar, select Extensions > Customize Menu, clear the Unit Test checkbox, then click Save and Restart.

2. Enter the activation key.

Tip

You can find the activation key in the email from Devart or on the Customer Portal.

Use the activation key (a long alphanumeric string), not the license ID (formatted as XXXX-XXXX-XXX).

3. Click Activate.

Activate offline

If online activation fails (for example, if there’s no internet connection), you can manually activate Unit Test for SQL Server offline using a license file downloaded from the Devart website.

To activate Unit Test for SQL Server offline:

1. After the online activation fails, click manual activation in the Product Activation dialog.

2. Choose how to get the activation request text:

• Copy to Clipboard – Copies the request text.
• Save to File – Saves the request as a .txt file.

3. Go to the Manual Product Activation page, paste the request text into the form, then click Download License.

The .lic license file is downloaded.

4. In the Product Activation dialog, click Load License.

5. Select the .lic file, then click Open.

Activate via the command line

1. Open Command Prompt.

2. Navigate to the product installation folder.

The default path is C:\Program Files (x86)\Devart\dbForge Unit Test for SQL Server.

3. Run the following command, replacing <activation_key> with your actual key.

unittest /activate /key:<activation_key>