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. Here are some things ...

While SQL Server 2014 CTP2 has built-in Windows Azure backup support, Microsoft plans to extend that capability to other "supported" SQL Server versions with the new SQL Server Backup for Windows ...

Using StretchDB, an enterprise can 'stretch' an on-premises database into the cloud, such that 'hot,' heavily used data is stored in the on-premises instance of SQL Server, while 'cold' and ...

Microsoft recently announced several new ways to back up and recover SQL Server databases with Windows Azure. These features, now available in SQL Server 2014 CTP2 and as a standalone tool for prior ...

Microsoft today released the 2022 version of its SQL Server database, which features a number of built-in connections to its Azure cloud.