Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, ...

How you back up your database depends three factors: how the database is delivered to you, the backup logistics of the database, and the recovery time objective (RTO) and the recovery point objective ...

Do you have a BackupExec SQL Agent CAL?<BR><BR>You can't (well, shouldn't) back up the MDF/LDF files directly. If you have the CAL, BackupExec will use VSS to do a snapshot and backup a consistent ...

I'm using the free MSDE available from Microsoft's site, and I'm wondering if it's possible to backup databases by just copying the .mdf and .ldf files. If I delete/recreate the database, and copy ...

I've been playing around with the new Microsoft service, currently in preview and it's time to show off what it can do. Have you ever struggled with a database performance problem or ever struggled to ...