Overview The feature that provides the ability to write SQL Server backups to the Azure Blob storage service was released in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2. You can use this functionality to back up to and ...

This offering is already generally available for more recent SQL Server versions, and today we’re excited to announce Azure Backup support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 end of support in preview.

Learn how to backup and recover SQL databases in hybrid environments using different methods and tools. Discover best practices and challenges for backup and recovery.