Microsoft on Monday announced that Azure Backup for SQL Server had reached 'general availability' status, meaning it's deemed ready for production-environment use.

Microsoft added the option of using the Azure Backup service to provide recovery support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 when those workloads are hosted on Azure virtual machines.

# Restore SQL databases in an Azure VM using Azure CLI Azure CLI is used to create and manage Azure resources from the Command Line or through scripts. This article describes how to restore a ...

Here's how to create both local and cloud-based backups with this 'surprisingly good' software, and why it’s a good idea, at least for Microsoft-heavy shops.

It uses the native SQL APIs to leverage the inherent backup capabilities to yield high fidelity backups and restores for standalone SQL Server and SQL AlwaysOn configurations in the Azure VMs.

In SQL Server 2012 and 2014, Backup to URL provides backup to Microsoft Azure using T-SQL and PowerShell scripting. For prior versions, SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool enables you to back up ...

# Back up SQL databases in Azure VM using Azure CLI Azure CLI is used to create and manage Azure resources from the Command Line or through scripts. This article describes how to back up an SQL ...