Chapter 3. Backing Up the Azure SQL Database
Database backups are one of the most important things a database administrator has to perform. A good database backup strategy can help recover from system outages, unwanted deletes or updates, database corruption issues, and other related issues.
This chapter teaches you how to back up an Azure SQL Database. You'll learn about automated and manual backups, explore automated backup features, and perform the manual backup of an Azure SQL Database.
By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:
- Perform manual and automatic backups
- Export an Azure SQL Database using the Azure portal
- Export an Azure SQL Database using PowerShell
Automatic Backups
Microsoft provides automated backups for Azure SQL Databases. ...
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