The design of a database determines what method is best suited for backing it up, and those methods vary quite a bit. In order to back up a database, you need to know how it’s delivered, but you also ...

Backing up data seems straightforward enough, but it’s easy to overlook critical steps that ensure your data is safe, secure, ...

Welcome to this new series -- in this column, I hope to impart some quick, short tips that will help you make quick work of managing and administering your SQL Server databases. First up is an ...

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 ...

March 31 is World Backup Day.  Fight the evil forces of entropy and data vulnerability today and don’t become an April fool ...