Is there a way to use a SQL 2005 Maintenance Plan to do a scheduled back up of the databases to a network share? The only way I can seem to make it work is to backup to the local C drive, and I'm ...

PowerShell offers a lightweight and efficient solution for backing up SQL Server Express databases on local workstations without the need for full system backups.

“SQL Object Level Recovery Native is a simple tool that strengthens backup options throughout the enterprise,” says Colin Millerchip, Red Gate’s product manager for backup products.

Idera’s SQLsafe — a backup utility for Microsoft SQL Server — was designed to compete directly with Imceda’s LiteSpeed. Similar to LiteSpeed, SQLsafe improves on native SQL Server backups ...

SQL Server 2008 provides a feature, which, in my opinion, has been far overdue: backup compression. For too long, if you wanted the benefit of compressed backups, you had to look at a third-party ...