The SQL Server backup and restore component provides an essential safeguard for protecting critical data stored in your [!INCLUDE ssNoVersion] databases. To minimize the risk of catastrophic data loss ...

If your database is in the full recovery model, you can also make transaction log backups for more granular restore options. In the following example, sqlcmd connects to the local SQL Server instance ...

A solid database backup plan is just as critical in the cloud as it is on-premise, but running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine introduces a few new issues. Presented by Datavail's Andy McDermid ...

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 has long supported backing up databases to Azure Blob Storage, but now supports backup and restore to and from S3 (this can be in AWS or to your own S3 storage).

This happens on SQL Server 2012 and 2008, on Win 2012 and 2008 servers. DPM is 2012 (not R2). The databases are from different software packages, some Microsoft, some not.

A guide on using Windows Server Backup to create a backup of the Exchange Server database and then the same application to restore a database.