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Professional Azure SQL Database Administration

You're reading from   Professional Azure SQL Database Administration Equip yourself with the skills you need to manage and maintain your SQL databases on the Microsoft cloud

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789538854
Length 398 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Ahmad Osama Ahmad Osama
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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
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