Welcome to this new series -- in this column, I hope to impart some quick, short tips that will help you make quick work of managing and administering your SQL Server databases. First up is an ...

Learn about SQL Server backup to and restore from Azure Blob storage, including the benefits of using Azure Blob storage to store SQL Server backups. SQL Server supports storing backups to the ...

The aim of this project is to design and implement an automated backup and recovery system for SQL Server databases, ensuring data integrity, availability, and minimal downtime. By establishing backup ...

I was wondering about backups on SQL Server 05. <BR><BR>You’ll have to bear with me on this as I’m suffering from the “*$&#*# it Jim, I’m a developer not a database server administrator!” but, I can’t ...

Idera, a provider of Microsoft SQL Server management and administration tools, has announced the latest version of its SQL Server backup and recovery solution, SQL safe 6.5. According to Idera, SQL ...

I'm hosting a handful of websites on a windows shared host. They all use the webhost's SQL Server which is housed on a seperate box from the web server.<BR><BR>I want to automate backups of the ...

This article is a revised version of the original published January 3, 2005. See Editor’s Note for details. Two major factors drive database backups these days: compliance and disk space. Some ...