diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/BaseTableByTableTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/BaseTableByTableTest.cs
index 621c47d568..37659fd5d0 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/BaseTableByTableTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/BaseTableByTableTest.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
-using NUnit.Framework;
+using System;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using Umbraco.Core;
+using Umbraco.Core.Configuration;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models.Rdbms;
+using Umbraco.Core.ObjectResolution;
 using Umbraco.Core.Persistence;
+using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.SqlSyntax;
+using Umbraco.Core.Persistence.UnitOfWork;
+using Umbraco.Core.Publishing;
+using Umbraco.Core.Services;
+using Umbraco.Tests.TestHelpers;
 
 namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
 {
@@ -8,10 +17,37 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
     public abstract class BaseTableByTableTest
     {
         [SetUp]
-        public abstract void Initialize();
+        public virtual void Initialize()
+        {
+            TestHelper.SetupLog4NetForTests();
+            TestHelper.InitializeContentDirectories();
+
+            string path = TestHelper.CurrentAssemblyDirectory;
+            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", path);
+
+            RepositoryResolver.Current = new RepositoryResolver(
+                new RepositoryFactory());
+            
+            ApplicationContext.Current = new ApplicationContext(
+                //assign the db context
+                new DatabaseContext(new DefaultDatabaseFactory()),
+                //assign the service context
+                new ServiceContext(new PetaPocoUnitOfWorkProvider(), new FileUnitOfWorkProvider(), new PublishingStrategy())) { IsReady = true };
+
+            Resolution.Freeze();
+        }
 
         [TearDown]
-        public abstract void TearDown();
+        public virtual void TearDown()
+        {
+            SqlSyntaxContext.SqlSyntaxProvider = null;
+            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", null);
+
+            //reset the app context
+            ApplicationContext.Current = null;
+
+            RepositoryResolver.Reset();
+        }
 
         public abstract Database Database { get; }
 
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/MySqlTableByTableTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/MySqlTableByTableTest.cs
index bb91263d57..48103cf7b6 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/MySqlTableByTableTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/MySqlTableByTableTest.cs
@@ -22,21 +22,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
         [SetUp]
         public override void Initialize()
         {
-            TestHelper.SetupLog4NetForTests();
-            TestHelper.InitializeContentDirectories();
-
-            string path = TestHelper.CurrentAssemblyDirectory;
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", path);
-
-            RepositoryResolver.Current = new RepositoryResolver(
-                new RepositoryFactory());
-
-            Resolution.Freeze();
-            ApplicationContext.Current = new ApplicationContext(
-                //assign the db context
-                new DatabaseContext(new DefaultDatabaseFactory()),
-                //assign the service context
-                new ServiceContext(new PetaPocoUnitOfWorkProvider(), new FileUnitOfWorkProvider(), new PublishingStrategy())) { IsReady = true };
+            base.Initialize();
 
             SqlSyntaxContext.SqlSyntaxProvider = MySqlSyntax.Provider;
 
@@ -47,12 +33,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
         [TearDown]
         public override void TearDown()
         {
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", null);
-
-            //reset the app context
-            ApplicationContext.Current = null;
-
-            RepositoryResolver.Reset();
+            base.TearDown();
         }
 
         public override Database Database
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlCeTableByTableTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlCeTableByTableTest.cs
index 74f09897d1..c33fe6d2dd 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlCeTableByTableTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlCeTableByTableTest.cs
@@ -24,12 +24,9 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
         [SetUp]
         public override void Initialize()
         {
-            TestHelper.SetupLog4NetForTests();
-            TestHelper.InitializeContentDirectories();
+            base.Initialize();
 
             string path = TestHelper.CurrentAssemblyDirectory;
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", path);
-
             //Delete database file before continueing
             string filePath = string.Concat(path, "\\test.sdf");
             if (File.Exists(filePath))
@@ -40,17 +37,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
             //Create the Sql CE database
             var engine = new SqlCeEngine("Datasource=|DataDirectory|test.sdf");
             engine.CreateDatabase();
-
-            RepositoryResolver.Current = new RepositoryResolver(
-                new RepositoryFactory());
-
-            Resolution.Freeze();
-            ApplicationContext.Current = new ApplicationContext(
-                //assign the db context
-                new DatabaseContext(new DefaultDatabaseFactory()),
-                //assign the service context
-                new ServiceContext(new PetaPocoUnitOfWorkProvider(), new FileUnitOfWorkProvider(), new PublishingStrategy())) { IsReady = true };
-
+            
             SqlSyntaxContext.SqlSyntaxProvider = SqlCeSyntax.Provider;
 
             _database = new Database("Datasource=|DataDirectory|test.sdf",
@@ -60,14 +47,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
         [TearDown]
         public override void TearDown()
         {
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", null);
-
-            SqlSyntaxContext.SqlSyntaxProvider = null;
-
-            //reset the app context
-            ApplicationContext.Current = null;
-			
-            RepositoryResolver.Reset();
+            base.TearDown();
         }
 
         public override Database Database
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlTableByTableTest.cs b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlTableByTableTest.cs
index dad49ea54d..bdc9c45b00 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlTableByTableTest.cs
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Tests/Persistence/SqlTableByTableTest.cs
@@ -22,21 +22,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
         [SetUp]
         public override void Initialize()
         {
-            TestHelper.SetupLog4NetForTests();
-            TestHelper.InitializeContentDirectories();
-
-            string path = TestHelper.CurrentAssemblyDirectory;
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", path);
-
-            RepositoryResolver.Current = new RepositoryResolver(
-                new RepositoryFactory());
-
-            Resolution.Freeze();
-            ApplicationContext.Current = new ApplicationContext(
-                //assign the db context
-                new DatabaseContext(new DefaultDatabaseFactory()),
-                //assign the service context
-                new ServiceContext(new PetaPocoUnitOfWorkProvider(), new FileUnitOfWorkProvider(), new PublishingStrategy())) { IsReady = true };
+            base.Initialize();           
 
             SqlSyntaxContext.SqlSyntaxProvider = SqlServerSyntax.Provider;
 
@@ -47,14 +33,7 @@ namespace Umbraco.Tests.Persistence
         [TearDown]
         public override void TearDown()
         {
-            AppDomain.CurrentDomain.SetData("DataDirectory", null);
-
-            SqlSyntaxContext.SqlSyntaxProvider = null;
-
-            //reset the app context
-            ApplicationContext.Current = null;
-			
-            RepositoryResolver.Reset();
+            base.TearDown();           
         }
 
         public override Database Database