Microsoft on Monday announced that Azure Backup for SQL Server had reached "general availability" status, meaning it's deemed ready for production-environment use. This service is used to backup SQL ...

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 ...

The experts at SQL Server Magazine has selected AppAssure's Replay 4 backup solution as an 'Editor's Choice' for SQL server backup and recovery.

Microsoft Corp. last week began letting SQL Server users who have Software Assurance contracts set up fail-over databases at no extra cost, a new policy that some customers said could give Microsoft ...

Click to viewBacking up your data on a regular basis is important, and turning a spare computer into a backup server is often the best way to make sure it gets done. But most methods require either a ...

'AppAssure is honored to receive the Editor's Choice from SQL Server Magazine's editors,' said Najaf Husain, CEO of AppAssure. 'Recovering mission critical applications fast, with as little effort as ...

I have a SQL server that is freezing IO on all DBs 6 times per day at about 2am, 6am, 10am, 2pm, 6pm, and 10pm. These only freeze IO for approximately 2 seconds each time, but it is long enough that ...

With the official release of Microsoft's latest database offering, let's see what was improved and what still needs some work. Today, at Ignite, Microsoft announced the general availability of SQL ...