Aug 26, 2025 · Learn how to create a new database, create a backup of the database, and restore the backup in SQL Server by using SSMS.

Aug 26, 2025 · This article describes the benefits of backing up SQL Server databases, describes basic backup and restore terms, and introduces backup and restore strategies for SQL Server …

This article explains how to restore a full SQL Server database backup using SQL Server Management Studio.

Aug 27, 2024 · When you use backup and restore to copy a database to another instance of SQL Server, the source and destination computers can be any platform on which SQL Server runs.

Aug 26, 2025 · This article describes how to restore a SQL Server database to a new location, and optionally rename the database in SQL Server, by using SQL Server Management Studio …

Sep 16, 2024 · Backups of these system databases let you restore and recover the SQL Server system after a system failure, such as the loss of a storage device. The following table …

SQL Server includes backup and restore history tables that track the backup and restore activity for each server instance. When a restore is performed, the backup history tables are also …

Dec 4, 2024 · Learn about the operations involved in recovering a SQL Server database from a failure by restoring a set of SQL Server backups in sequence.

Sep 29, 2024 · The General page is used to specify information about the target and source databases for a database restore operation when you restore a full database backup using …

Aug 26, 2025 · This article describes how to create a full database backup in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio, Transact-SQL, or PowerShell. For more information, see …