[!INCLUDE SQL Server] Before a database mirroring session can start, the database owner or system administrator must make sure that the mirror database has been created and is ready for mirroring.

You configure the Backup SQL Server stores that will provide backup databases for the Persistent Chat Server or Persistent Chat Server pool. You configure the Backup SQL Server stores that will ...

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 ...

This article is a revised version of the original published January 3, 2005. See Editor’s Note for details. Two major factors drive database backups these days: compliance and disk space. Some ...

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 with ...

When SQL Server 2005 is released to manufacturing in the next few months, Microsoft will take the exceptional step of designating one of its high-profile features as being intended for evaluation only ...