Our normal practices for backing up SQL servers is to use the regular SQL backup tools to perform full, differential and transaction log backups and this has always worked fine. Recently we performed ...

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 ...

Enterprise-level SQL Server Maintenance Solution using Ola Hallengren procedures with automated jobs for backup, optimization, and integrity checks. MaintenanceQueries-SQL-Server/ ├── jobs │ ├── ...

Change short-term retention policy You can change the default point-in-time recovery (PITR) backup retention period and the differential backup frequency by using the Azure portal, the Azure CLI, ...

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 ...