diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 41a38f93..3a1dd27f 100644
--- a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -47,26 +47,11 @@
              to bring in newer versions with bug fixes etc -->
         <aikau.version>1.0.85</aikau.version>
 
-        <!-- Alfresco Repo Database configuration.
-           By default it uses a flat file H2 database to be able to run embedded.
-           The H2 database implementation is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
-           The data files for the H2 database will be created in a relative path, such as alf_data_dev/h2_data/alf_dev,
-           see alfresco.db.url below.
-           For more information about the db parameters see:http://www.h2database.com/html/features.html
-        -->
-        <alfresco.db.name>alf_dev</alfresco.db.name>
-        <alfresco.db.username>alfresco</alfresco.db.username>
-        <alfresco.db.password>alfresco</alfresco.db.password>
-        <alfresco.db.params>AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;MVCC=FALSE;LOCK_MODE=0
-        </alfresco.db.params>
-        <alfresco.db.url>jdbc:h2:${alfresco.data.location}/h2_data/${alfresco.db.name};${alfresco.db.params}
-        </alfresco.db.url>
-        <alfresco.db.datasource.class>org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource</alfresco.db.datasource.class>
-
         <!-- JRebel Hot reloading of classpath stuff and web resource stuff -->
         <jrebel.version>1.1.6</jrebel.version>
 
-        <!-- Environment to use, Alfresco Maven Plugin will copy alfresco-global.properties from this directory -->
+        <!-- Environment to use, Alfresco Maven Plugin will
+             copy alfresco-global-*.properties files from this directory, such as src/test/properties/local -->
         <env>local</env>
 
         <!-- Compile with Java 7, default is 5 -->
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-enterprise.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-enterprise.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37f66eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-enterprise.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#    
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#    
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+# RUN TIME PROPERTIES
+# -------------------
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with Enterprise Database, such as SQL Server, Oracle etc
+#
+# Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
+# Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
+########################################################################################################################
+
+dir.root=${alfresco.data.location}
+
+# Alfresco Repo Webapp (alfresco.war) context, ports etc
+alfresco.context=alfresco
+alfresco.host=localhost
+alfresco.port=8080
+alfresco.protocol=http
+
+# Alfresco Share Webapp (share.war) context, ports etc
+share.context=share
+share.host=localhost
+share.port=8080
+share.protocol=http
+
+index.subsystem.name=solr4
+solr.host=localhost
+solr.port=8080
+solr.secureComms=none
+
+# Don't try and recover any index
+index.recovery.mode=NONE
+# As we run embedded, we set Lucene
+# TODO: Find a better solution for indexing, as buildonly (embedded Lucene) is deprecated and going to be removed soon
+#index.subsystem.name=buildonly
+
+# These jobs seem to require Lucene (Unsupported Operation with Solr) so we disable them / set to future date
+# See https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=41597
+# If you want to enable them (and so full WQS functionality), please also set index.subsystem.name=lucene
+wcmqs.dynamicCollectionProcessor.schedule=0 30 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.feedbackProcessor.schedule=0 40 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
+
+# Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
+integrity.failOnError=true
+
+# Alfresco Repository Enterprise Database Configuration, such as SQL Server, Oracle etc
+# The Enterprise Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+db.driver=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
+db.url=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=alfrescoaio
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
+db.pool.initial=10
+db.pool.max=100
+
+# File servers related properties
+# For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
+cifs.enabled=false
+ftp.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-h2.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-h2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..235d86b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-h2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#    
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#    
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+# RUN TIME PROPERTIES
+# -------------------
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with H2 Database
+#
+# Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
+# Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
+########################################################################################################################
+
+dir.root=${alfresco.data.location}
+
+# Alfresco Repo Webapp (alfresco.war) context, ports etc
+alfresco.context=alfresco
+alfresco.host=localhost
+alfresco.port=8080
+alfresco.protocol=http
+
+# Alfresco Share Webapp (share.war) context, ports etc
+share.context=share
+share.host=localhost
+share.port=8080
+share.protocol=http
+
+index.subsystem.name=solr4
+solr.host=localhost
+solr.port=8080
+solr.secureComms=none
+
+# Don't try and recover any index
+index.recovery.mode=NONE
+# As we run embedded, we set Lucene
+# TODO: Find a better solution for indexing, as buildonly (embedded Lucene) is deprecated and going to be removed soon
+#index.subsystem.name=buildonly
+
+# These jobs seem to require Lucene (Unsupported Operation with Solr) so we disable them / set to future date
+# See https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=41597
+# If you want to enable them (and so full WQS functionality), please also set index.subsystem.name=lucene
+wcmqs.dynamicCollectionProcessor.schedule=0 30 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.feedbackProcessor.schedule=0 40 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
+
+# Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
+integrity.failOnError=true
+
+# Alfresco Repository H2 Database configuration.
+# The H2 database implementation and Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+# The data files for the H2 database will be created in a relative path, such as alf_data_dev/h2_data/alf_dev,
+# see alfresco.db.url below.
+# For more information about the db parameters see:http://www.h2database.com/html/features.html
+db.driver=org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource
+db.url=jdbc:h2:${alfresco.data.location}/h2_data/alf_dev;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;MVCC=FALSE;LOCK_MODE=0
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
+db.pool.initial=10
+db.pool.max=100
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+
+# File servers related properties
+# For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
+cifs.enabled=false
+ftp.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-mysql.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-mysql.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d0d739a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-mysql.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#    
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#    
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+# RUN TIME PROPERTIES
+# -------------------
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with MySQL Database
+#
+# Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
+# Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
+########################################################################################################################
+
+dir.root=${alfresco.data.location}
+
+# Alfresco Repo Webapp (alfresco.war) context, ports etc
+alfresco.context=alfresco
+alfresco.host=localhost
+alfresco.port=8080
+alfresco.protocol=http
+
+# Alfresco Share Webapp (share.war) context, ports etc
+share.context=share
+share.host=localhost
+share.port=8080
+share.protocol=http
+
+index.subsystem.name=solr4
+solr.host=localhost
+solr.port=8080
+solr.secureComms=none
+
+# Don't try and recover any index
+index.recovery.mode=NONE
+# As we run embedded, we set Lucene
+# TODO: Find a better solution for indexing, as buildonly (embedded Lucene) is deprecated and going to be removed soon
+#index.subsystem.name=buildonly
+
+# These jobs seem to require Lucene (Unsupported Operation with Solr) so we disable them / set to future date
+# See https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=41597
+# If you want to enable them (and so full WQS functionality), please also set index.subsystem.name=lucene
+wcmqs.dynamicCollectionProcessor.schedule=0 30 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.feedbackProcessor.schedule=0 40 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
+
+# Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
+integrity.failOnError=true
+
+# Alfresco Repository MySQL Database configuration.
+# The MySQL Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+db.driver=org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
+db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/alfrescoaio?useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
+db.pool.initial=10
+db.pool.max=100
+
+# File servers related properties
+# For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
+cifs.enabled=false
+ftp.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-postgresql.properties
similarity index 88%
rename from archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties
rename to archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-postgresql.properties
index c7914c58..610ae967 100644
--- a/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-allinone-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-postgresql.properties
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
 # -------------------
 
 ########################################################################################################################
-# Alfresco configuration for running locally
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with PostgreSQL Database
 #
 # Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
-# This will create the alf_data_dev directory relative to Tomcat run folder.
 # Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
 ########################################################################################################################
 
@@ -58,14 +57,14 @@ wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
 # Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
 integrity.failOnError=true
 
-# Database connection properties
-db.driver=${alfresco.db.datasource.class}
-db.url=${alfresco.db.url}
-db.username=${alfresco.db.username}
-db.password=${alfresco.db.password}
+# Alfresco Repository PostgreSQL Database configuration.
+# The PostgreSQL Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
+db.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/alfrescoaio
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
 db.pool.initial=10
 db.pool.max=100
-hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 
 # File servers related properties
 # For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index b2ce3961..1693de9a 100644
--- a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -40,26 +40,11 @@
         <!-- Alfresco Share version, so we can bring in correct alfresco-share-services artifact -->
         <alfresco.share.version>5.2.a-EA</alfresco.share.version>
 
-        <!-- Alfresco Repo Database configuration.
-           By default it uses a flat file H2 database to be able to run embedded.
-           The H2 database implementation is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
-           The data files for the H2 database will be created in a relative path, such as alf_data_dev/h2_data/alf_dev,
-           see alfresco.db.url below.
-           For more information about the db parameters see:http://www.h2database.com/html/features.html
-        -->
-        <alfresco.db.name>alf_dev</alfresco.db.name>
-        <alfresco.db.username>alfresco</alfresco.db.username>
-        <alfresco.db.password>alfresco</alfresco.db.password>
-        <alfresco.db.params>AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;MVCC=FALSE;LOCK_MODE=0
-        </alfresco.db.params>
-        <alfresco.db.url>jdbc:h2:${alfresco.data.location}/h2_data/${alfresco.db.name};${alfresco.db.params}
-        </alfresco.db.url>
-        <alfresco.db.datasource.class>org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource</alfresco.db.datasource.class>
-
         <!-- JRebel Hot reloading of classpath stuff and web resource stuff -->
         <jrebel.version>1.1.6</jrebel.version>
 
-        <!-- Environment to use, Alfresco Maven Plugin will copy alfresco-global.properties from this directory -->
+        <!-- Environment to use, Alfresco Maven Plugin will
+             copy alfresco-global-*.properties files from this directory, such as src/test/properties/local -->
         <env>local</env>
 
         <!-- Compile with Java 7, default is 5 -->
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-enterprise.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-enterprise.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..37f66eef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-enterprise.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#    
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#    
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+# RUN TIME PROPERTIES
+# -------------------
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with Enterprise Database, such as SQL Server, Oracle etc
+#
+# Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
+# Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
+########################################################################################################################
+
+dir.root=${alfresco.data.location}
+
+# Alfresco Repo Webapp (alfresco.war) context, ports etc
+alfresco.context=alfresco
+alfresco.host=localhost
+alfresco.port=8080
+alfresco.protocol=http
+
+# Alfresco Share Webapp (share.war) context, ports etc
+share.context=share
+share.host=localhost
+share.port=8080
+share.protocol=http
+
+index.subsystem.name=solr4
+solr.host=localhost
+solr.port=8080
+solr.secureComms=none
+
+# Don't try and recover any index
+index.recovery.mode=NONE
+# As we run embedded, we set Lucene
+# TODO: Find a better solution for indexing, as buildonly (embedded Lucene) is deprecated and going to be removed soon
+#index.subsystem.name=buildonly
+
+# These jobs seem to require Lucene (Unsupported Operation with Solr) so we disable them / set to future date
+# See https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=41597
+# If you want to enable them (and so full WQS functionality), please also set index.subsystem.name=lucene
+wcmqs.dynamicCollectionProcessor.schedule=0 30 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.feedbackProcessor.schedule=0 40 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
+
+# Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
+integrity.failOnError=true
+
+# Alfresco Repository Enterprise Database Configuration, such as SQL Server, Oracle etc
+# The Enterprise Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+db.driver=com.microsoft.sqlserver.jdbc.SQLServerDriver
+db.url=jdbc:sqlserver://localhost:1433;databaseName=alfrescoaio
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
+db.pool.initial=10
+db.pool.max=100
+
+# File servers related properties
+# For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
+cifs.enabled=false
+ftp.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-h2.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-h2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..235d86b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-h2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#    
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#    
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+# RUN TIME PROPERTIES
+# -------------------
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with H2 Database
+#
+# Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
+# Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
+########################################################################################################################
+
+dir.root=${alfresco.data.location}
+
+# Alfresco Repo Webapp (alfresco.war) context, ports etc
+alfresco.context=alfresco
+alfresco.host=localhost
+alfresco.port=8080
+alfresco.protocol=http
+
+# Alfresco Share Webapp (share.war) context, ports etc
+share.context=share
+share.host=localhost
+share.port=8080
+share.protocol=http
+
+index.subsystem.name=solr4
+solr.host=localhost
+solr.port=8080
+solr.secureComms=none
+
+# Don't try and recover any index
+index.recovery.mode=NONE
+# As we run embedded, we set Lucene
+# TODO: Find a better solution for indexing, as buildonly (embedded Lucene) is deprecated and going to be removed soon
+#index.subsystem.name=buildonly
+
+# These jobs seem to require Lucene (Unsupported Operation with Solr) so we disable them / set to future date
+# See https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=41597
+# If you want to enable them (and so full WQS functionality), please also set index.subsystem.name=lucene
+wcmqs.dynamicCollectionProcessor.schedule=0 30 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.feedbackProcessor.schedule=0 40 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
+
+# Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
+integrity.failOnError=true
+
+# Alfresco Repository H2 Database configuration.
+# The H2 database implementation and Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+# The data files for the H2 database will be created in a relative path, such as alf_data_dev/h2_data/alf_dev,
+# see alfresco.db.url below.
+# For more information about the db parameters see:http://www.h2database.com/html/features.html
+db.driver=org.h2.jdbcx.JdbcDataSource
+db.url=jdbc:h2:${alfresco.data.location}/h2_data/alf_dev;AUTO_SERVER=TRUE;DB_CLOSE_ON_EXIT=FALSE;LOCK_TIMEOUT=10000;MVCC=FALSE;LOCK_MODE=0
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
+db.pool.initial=10
+db.pool.max=100
+hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
+
+# File servers related properties
+# For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
+cifs.enabled=false
+ftp.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-mysql.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-mysql.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d0d739a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-mysql.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+#    contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+#    this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+#    The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+#    (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+#    the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#    
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#    
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#    distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#    limitations under the License.
+# RUN TIME PROPERTIES
+# -------------------
+
+########################################################################################################################
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with MySQL Database
+#
+# Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
+# Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
+########################################################################################################################
+
+dir.root=${alfresco.data.location}
+
+# Alfresco Repo Webapp (alfresco.war) context, ports etc
+alfresco.context=alfresco
+alfresco.host=localhost
+alfresco.port=8080
+alfresco.protocol=http
+
+# Alfresco Share Webapp (share.war) context, ports etc
+share.context=share
+share.host=localhost
+share.port=8080
+share.protocol=http
+
+index.subsystem.name=solr4
+solr.host=localhost
+solr.port=8080
+solr.secureComms=none
+
+# Don't try and recover any index
+index.recovery.mode=NONE
+# As we run embedded, we set Lucene
+# TODO: Find a better solution for indexing, as buildonly (embedded Lucene) is deprecated and going to be removed soon
+#index.subsystem.name=buildonly
+
+# These jobs seem to require Lucene (Unsupported Operation with Solr) so we disable them / set to future date
+# See https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=41597
+# If you want to enable them (and so full WQS functionality), please also set index.subsystem.name=lucene
+wcmqs.dynamicCollectionProcessor.schedule=0 30 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.feedbackProcessor.schedule=0 40 2 * * ? 2060
+wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
+
+# Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
+integrity.failOnError=true
+
+# Alfresco Repository MySQL Database configuration.
+# The MySQL Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+db.driver=org.gjt.mm.mysql.Driver
+db.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/alfrescoaio?useUnicode=yes&characterEncoding=UTF-8
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
+db.pool.initial=10
+db.pool.max=100
+
+# File servers related properties
+# For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
+cifs.enabled=false
+ftp.enabled=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-postgresql.properties
similarity index 81%
rename from archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties
rename to archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-postgresql.properties
index 629d6dc6..610ae967 100644
--- a/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global.properties
+++ b/archetypes/alfresco-platform-jar-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/test/properties/local/alfresco-global-postgresql.properties
@@ -16,10 +16,9 @@
 # -------------------
 
 ########################################################################################################################
-# Alfresco configuration for running locally
+# Alfresco configuration for running locally with PostgreSQL Database
 #
 # Configuration when running Tomcat embedded from Maven.
-# This will create the alf_data_dev directory relative to Tomcat run folder.
 # Property values from the POM but it can also be edited here.
 ########################################################################################################################
 
@@ -44,6 +43,9 @@ solr.secureComms=none
 
 # Don't try and recover any index
 index.recovery.mode=NONE
+# As we run embedded, we set Lucene
+# TODO: Find a better solution for indexing, as buildonly (embedded Lucene) is deprecated and going to be removed soon
+#index.subsystem.name=buildonly
 
 # These jobs seem to require Lucene (Unsupported Operation with Solr) so we disable them / set to future date
 # See https://forums.alfresco.com/en/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=41597
@@ -55,14 +57,14 @@ wcmqs.publishQueueProcessor.schedule=0 50 2 * * ? 2060
 # Fail or not when there are node integrity checker errors
 integrity.failOnError=true
 
-# Database connection properties
-db.driver=${alfresco.db.datasource.class}
-db.url=${alfresco.db.url}
-db.username=${alfresco.db.username}
-db.password=${alfresco.db.password}
+# Alfresco Repository PostgreSQL Database configuration.
+# The PostgreSQL Driver is brought in via the tomcat7-maven-plugin as a dependency.
+db.driver=org.postgresql.Driver
+db.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/alfrescoaio
+db.username=alfresco
+db.password=alfresco
 db.pool.initial=10
 db.pool.max=100
-hibernate.dialect=org.hibernate.dialect.H2Dialect
 
 # File servers related properties
 # For local runs we disable CIFS and FTP
diff --git a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java
index a9cc0e95..6455272d 100644
--- a/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java
+++ b/plugins/alfresco-maven-plugin/src/main/java/org/alfresco/maven/plugin/RunMojo.java
@@ -129,6 +129,12 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     @Parameter(property = "maven.alfresco.enablePostgreSQL", defaultValue = "false")
     protected boolean enablePostgreSQL;
 
+    /**
+     * Switch to enable/disable the Enterprise database (such as Oracle or MS SQL Server) when running embedded Tomcat.
+     */
+    @Parameter(property = "maven.alfresco.enableEnterpriseDb", defaultValue = "false")
+    protected boolean enableEnterpriseDb;
+
     /**
      * Switch to enable/disable the Platform/Repository (alfresco.war) when running embedded Tomcat.
      */
@@ -261,6 +267,7 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
 
         if (enableTestProperties) {
             copyAlfrescoGlobalProperties();
+            renameAlfrescoGlobalProperties();
         }
 
         if (enablePlatform) {
@@ -445,14 +452,14 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Copy the alfresco-global.properties file that will be used when
-     * running Alfresco. It contains database connection parameters and
+     * Copy the different alfresco-global-*.properties files (there are one for each open source db and one for
+     * enterprise db config) that will be used when running Alfresco. It contains database connection parameters and
      * other general configuration for Alfresco Repository (alfresco.war)
      *
      * @throws MojoExecutionException
      */
     protected void copyAlfrescoGlobalProperties() throws MojoExecutionException {
-        getLog().info("Copying alfresco-global.properties to test resources");
+        getLog().info("Copying and filtering alfresco-global-*.properties files to target/test-classes");
         executeMojo(
                 plugin(
                         groupId("org.apache.maven.plugins"),
@@ -476,6 +483,45 @@ public class RunMojo extends AbstractMojo {
         );
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Rename the configured database specific alfresco-global-*.properties file to
+     * alfresco-global.properties so it will be used during Tomcat run.
+     *
+     * @throws MojoExecutionException
+     */
+    protected void renameAlfrescoGlobalProperties() throws MojoExecutionException {
+        String alfrescoGlobalFilePath = "${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/alfresco-global-";
+        if (enableH2) {
+            alfrescoGlobalFilePath += "h2.properties";
+            getLog().info("Renaming alfresco-global-h2.properties to alfresco-global.properties");
+        } else if (enableMySQL) {
+            alfrescoGlobalFilePath += "mysql.properties";
+            getLog().info("Renaming alfresco-global-mysql.properties to alfresco-global.properties");
+        } else if (enablePostgreSQL) {
+            alfrescoGlobalFilePath += "postgresql.properties";
+            getLog().info("Renaming alfresco-global-postgresql.properties to alfresco-global.properties");
+        } else if (enableEnterpriseDb) {
+            alfrescoGlobalFilePath += "enterprise.properties";
+            getLog().info("Renaming alfresco-global-enterprise.properties to alfresco-global.properties");
+        } else {
+            throw new MojoExecutionException("Invalid database configuration, use enableH2, enableMySQL, " +
+                    "enablePostgreSQL, or enabaleEnterpriseDb");
+        }
+        executeMojo(
+                plugin(
+                        groupId("com.coderplus.maven.plugins"),
+                        artifactId("copy-rename-maven-plugin"),
+                        version("1.0")
+                ),
+                goal("rename"),
+                configuration(
+                        element(name("sourceFile"), alfrescoGlobalFilePath),
+                        element(name("destinationFile"), "${project.build.testOutputDirectory}/alfresco-global.properties")
+                ),
+                execEnv
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Copy the Alfresco Enterprise license to its correct place in the Platform WAR, if it exists.
      * It is not enough to have it on the test classpath, then it will start up as Trial license...