When restoring, default database and log path will be determined for SQL 2012+, otherwise will guess based on existing databases if filepath not specified. Files will be renamed like database_dat.mdf ...

The next step to backup a database using SSMS is to select a backup method, which determines how the backup file is created and stored. There are two main methods of backups in SQL Server: native ...

Learn how to use SQL query backup strategies to prevent data loss and ensure your data integrity. Find out the benefits, steps, best practices, and challenges of SQL query backup.

Daily automated SQL backups are now available in the Azure Portal. See Scott Gu's Blog for more detail. This utility will take a copy of your SQL Database, and once the copy has completed, will make a ...

The SQL Server 2022 server-scope T-SQL syntax extends the current BACKUP DATABASE command to make it easy for database administrators to choose the desired algorithm to compress backups. Additionally, ...