Tag: CU

Improved Backup/Restore to Azure in 2012 SP1 CU4
By Art on June 1, 2013

I’ve been using the backup to azure feature for a short while now and I really like it. Shows I think as this is my 4th blog post on the subject this year! This feature has reduced my stress levels with regard to secure offsite backups. However, so far I have two gripes with it. Firstly, if there is an […]

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Backup SQL database directly to Azure Storage
By Art on January 25, 2013

There is a new CU update for SQL 2012 SP1 and I noticed a very interesting new feature described in the documentation blogged here. This is one of two new improvements and it is described as: You can now directly create a backup to Windows Azure Storage using SQL Server Native Backup functionality. This will allow users to back up […]

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