Elaborate backups might seem like a good idea at first, but they add unnecessary complexity to your recovery process. Here are some things to keep in mind to make backup and recovery as smooth as ...

SQL Server is at the heart of your company; if it goes down, the results could be catastrophic. However, despite its importance, many IT admins don’t have a solid backup and restore plan in place.

Last time, we discussed the different backup types available in SQL Server. Now, let's take a quick look at some best practices when it comes to configuring those backups. Although there is no one set ...

Microsoft SQL Server 2000 comes with its own backup and recovery utilities. Though they work, there are a number of annoying limitations. For instance, you can't back up directly to a UNC path, and ...

Microsoft is having a re-think about its SQL Server strategy and in particular about what it wants to do with SQL Data Services. Part of the company’s Azure services platform, SQL Data Services, it ...

If you are not a database administrator, this doesn’t mean you can’t have amazing SQL Server backup and recovery. In this webinar, Andrew Zhelezko from Veeam will present on a number of capabilities ...

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Can anyone offer some advice on best practices around SQL backups, recovery, and replication in scenarios with virtualized SQL servers? The overall objective is to protect our SQL servers against ...

A new version of SQL Server is a big deal for Microsoft Corp. SQL Server is a $5 billion business for the world’s largest software company, and the company says it now enjoys a 45% market share ...