--- title: Windocks blog | Paul Stanton description: Paul is cofounder and Vice President, Product Management for Windocks. Paul joined Microsoft in 1990, and led strategies to bring Internet technologies and standards to Windows, including routing protocols, and multi-user Windows, and left Microsoft as the Director of Enterprise marketing in 1999. More recently, Paul has focused on Platform as a Service and containerization, and led Windocks as the first and only independent port of Docker’s container project to Windows. Paul subsequently led Windocks to another industry-first, combining SQL Server containers with database cloning, with support for any enterprise storage array. Paul is a recognized expert, author, and speaker on enterprise use of stateful containers with database cloning, and DevOps. --- AUTHOR # Paul Stanton Paul is cofounder and Vice President, Product Management for Windocks. Paul joined Microsoft in 1990, and led strategies to bring Internet technologies and standards to Windows, including routing protocols, and multi-user Windows, and left Microsoft as the Director of Enterprise marketing in 1999. More recently, Paul has focused on Platform as a Service and containerization, and led Windocks as the first and only independent port of Docker’s container project to Windows. Paul subsequently led Windocks to another industry-first, combining SQL Server containers with database cloning, with support for any enterprise storage array. Paul is a recognized expert, author, and speaker on enterprise use of stateful containers with database cloning, and DevOps. [Follow me on LinkedIn ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulstan/) ## Stories by Paul --- AI ### [Automated database context complements semantic modeling](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/automated-database-context-complements-semantic-modeling) How automated database context complements semantic modeling while enabling immediate value from AI grounded in trusted enterprise databases. Paul Stanton Feb 2, 2026 AI ### [A new identity and expanded purpose](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/a-new-identity-and-expanded-purpose) Introduces the new company identity, LangGrant, and our new expanded focus. Paul Stanton Dec 9, 2025 Oracle ### [Oracle EBS Database Cloning for Reporting and Analytics](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/oracle-ebs-database-cloning-for-reporting-and-analytics) Discover how Windocks Oracle EBS database cloning enhances production reporting, minimizing downtime with automated processes and efficient data... Paul Stanton Oct 13, 2025 New Features ### [Oracle and Oracle EBS Database Subsetting](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/oracle-and-oracle-ebs-database-subsetting) Introduction to Windocks database subsetting for Oracle, Oracle EBS, Snowflake, Aurora, SQL Server, and other databases. Paul Stanton Sep 27, 2025 New Features ### [Oracle and Oracle EBS Database Virtualization Update](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/oracle-and-oracle-ebs-database-virtualization-update) Learn how Windocks delivers Oracle database virtualization, cloning, and subsetting with Docker integration, data masking, and 95% storage savings. Paul Stanton Sep 27, 2025 New Features ### [Writable SQL Server snapshots, production database timelines, and more](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/writable-sql-server-shapshots) A brief update on what's new in 2022, including new support for SQL Server 2022, industry-first writable SQL Server snapshots, and more. Paul Stanton Aug 8, 2022 Trends ### [Manage data, not infrastructure](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/manage-data-not-infrastructure) Windocks 6.0 introduced support for Linux database virtualization, and a scale-out distributed data repository, enabling on-demand delivery and... Paul Stanton Sep 28, 2021 New Features ### [Introducing Windocks Complete Data Masking](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/introducing-windocks-complete-data-masking) Windocks now includes optional SQL Server data masking. Over 90% of Windocks evaluators choose Windocks over Red Gate in head to head comparisons! Paul Stanton Mar 23, 2021 New Features ### [Postgres and MySQL containers and database cloning](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/postgres-and-mysql-containers-and-database-cloning) Windocks now supports Postgres and MySQL containers and database cloning, the first commercially support for Postgres and MySQL containers on Windows. Paul Stanton Aug 21, 2020 New Features ### [Live Secondary databases and new use-cases](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/live-secondary-databases-and-new-use-cases) Windocks new support for live secondary databases is a game changer for devops, database migration, production database debug support, and even DR. Paul Stanton Feb 11, 2020 Trends ### [Say Yes to SSRS for AWS RDS and SQL Azure](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/say-yes-to-ssrs-for-aws-rds-and-sql-azure) A new approach for using SQL Server Report Services (SSRS) with AWS RDS and Azure SQL source databases. Paul Stanton Jul 6, 2019 Trends ### [Database Development with Containers, Git, and Migration Scripts](https://23302346.hs-sites.com/blog/database-development-with-containers-git-and-migration-scripts) The journey toward automated DevOps processes is a step-wise progression. Should you back up developers' containers? 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