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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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Manual Backups

The conventional database backup statement doesn't work in Azure SQL Database. The manual backup consists of exporting the database as a DACPAC (data and schema) or BACPAC (schema) and bcp out the data into csv files.

The manual backups can be performed in the following ways:

  • Export BACPAC to Azure Storage Account using The Azure portal
  • Export BACPAC to Azure Storage Account using PowerShell
  • Export BACPAC or DACPAC to an on-premises system using sqlpackage.exe
  • Export BACPAC using SQL Server Management Studio

Backing up the Azure SQL Database using SSMS

In this section, we will backup the Azure SQL toystore database using SSMS.

  1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and press F8 to open Object Explorer if not already open.
  2. From the Object Explorer, connect to Azure SQL Server:
    Backing up the manual backups, Azure SQL DatabaseSSMS usedAzure SQL Database using SSMS
  3. Right-click on the toystore database, from the right click menu, select tasks, then select Export Data-Tier Application. In the Export Data-tier Application introduction window, click Next to continue...
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