Database backups and restores are key to developing a secure environment for users’ information. A trusted backup plan is a requirement for on-premise and cloud instances. SQL Server database backups ...

Joey on SQL Server The Right Approach to Database Backups Elaborate backups might seem like a good idea at first, but they add unnecessary complexity to your recovery process.

AWS released an update to its Relational Database Service (RDS) that allows users to take advantage of native SQL Server backup and restore functionality. AWS beat Microsoft Azure to market with ...

SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the main server program, allowing you to make safe backup copies or send data to branch offices.

You can save a backup of your MS SQL databases to a single file on your hard drive. These backup files have names ending with the ".bak" file extension, and you use them to restore database ...

SQL Backup Pro (including SQL Object Level Recovery Pro) with network resilience for a smoother recovery of interrupted backup operations following an outage, compression of database backups by up ...

I've seen a few posts here and there with people talking about imaging their SQL Servers.I was wondering what you used to do that and the reasoning behind it.I assume the general idea is that if ...

SQL Server database backups in Azure, in either an IaaS or PaaS implementation, introduce several distinct features which may help optimize a backup plan. Of course, there are also a few drawbacks to ...