Data loss can happen when you least expect it, whether from human error, system failures, or unexpected outages. That’s why having a reliable SQL backup strategy is essential if you want to protect ...

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 ...

It's important to protect your data on Microsoft Power Platform and in Dataverse and to provide continuous availability of service through system or manual backups. System backups are automatically ...

SQL Server is a popular relational database management system that supports various types of data and applications. However, like any other data source, it is vulnerable to corruption, loss, or theft.

SQL Server backup compression is a powerful feature that can significantly reduce backup file sizes, leading to faster backups, quicker restores, and reduced storage consumption. However, like any ...

There don't appear to be any logs for the backup operation - are they stored somewhere unexpected? I have noticed that on times when the service gets killed, the backup file for that day is much ...

Let's follow up the last column with a step-by-step breakdown shows how the PowerShell script automates SQL Server backups, manages retention, logs activity and verifies data integrity. In my first ...

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 ...