This article helps you troubleshoot common SQL Server backup and restore operations issues. These problems include slow backup or restore performance, version compatibility errors, Always On ...

SQL Server Transactional Replication is widely used to distribute data from a primary database to one or more subscriber databases. It is commonly implemented for reporting, workload isolation, data ...

This topic describes how to prepare a database for an Always On availability group in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio, Transact-SQL, or PowerShell. Preparing a database requires two ...

According to Microsoft, you can use the contained database model to make the database more portable. This prevents orphaned users after a restore by authenticating accounts directly at the database ...

A PowerShell toolkit for moving a SQL Server database when you can read the database but cannot take or restore a native .bak backup. The exporter produces a self-contained logical transfer package: ...

Dealing with data in a Docker container is more difficult than it is in a virtual machine or physical server. Containers are inherently stateless, while database management systems like SQL Server ...