Identify or create a Recovery Services vault in the same region or locale as the VM hosting the SQL Server instance. Check the VM permissions needed to back up the SQL databases. Verify that the VM ...

Before you back up your SQL Server database, check the following conditions: 1. Identify or [create](backup-sql-server-database-azure-vms.md#create-a-recovery-services-vault) a Recovery Services vault ...

In SQL Server, the database can be stored in different files and filegroups. If your database is small (100 MB or less), you do not need to worry too much about files and filegroups. But if you have a ...

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More and more organizations are moving to the cloud to leverage the key benefits of agility and reduced overall cost. It’s likely that at some point in time, your SQL Server will manifest as either of ...

SQL backup is an essential process in eCommerce website migration and database management. It ensures that you can restore your data in case of hardware failures, data corruption, or accidental ...

Part of the SQL Server 2022 blog series. In SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition, backup compression was introduced adding WITH COMPRESSION as an option in the T-SQL backup command. SQL Server backup ...