Database backups and restores are a fundamental (and critical) skill-set of any MS SQL Server DBA. A solid backup plan is a requirement for most on-premise instances and things are no different in the ...

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 ...

Differential backups every 12 to 24 hours. Transaction log backups every 5-10 minutes. The frequency of transaction log backups is based on the compute size and the amount of database activity. When ...

Manage and monitor backed up SQL Server databases This article describes common tasks for managing and monitoring SQL Server databases that are running on an Azure virtual machine (VM) and that are ...

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 ...

HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwire - Sep 10, 2012) - Today, Idera, a leading provider of application and server management solutions, announced Azure SQL Database Backup™, a free product that provides fast, ...