A solid database backup plan is just as critical in the cloud as it is on-premise, but running SQL Server on Azure virtual machine introduces a few new issues. Presented by Datavail's Andy McDermid ...

When it comes to recovery from an Exchange Server crash, failure, or database corruption, backups play an important role. So, it is important to define a proper backup and recovery strategy to ensure ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

There could be many reasons why you need to restore a database. Let’s look at some common reasons. The server has been re-installed, after failure. The database gets corrupted or is not mounting.

An Exchange Server holds data in databases (EDB files). The EDB files, which are proprietary of Microsoft, are accompanied by transaction logs. Although the server and its configuration are important, ...

Several scenarios and reasons exist for regularly backing up an Exchange Server database, from data corruption to accidentally deleting files to system crashes to cybersecurity attacks. Microsoft's ...

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 ...

The latest SQL Server comes packed with support for Linux, automatic tuning and other enhancements that will enhance and simplify the use of the database platform. Today at the Microsoft Ignite ...

There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...