This article helps you troubleshoot common SQL Server backup and restore operations issues. These problems include slow backup or restore performance, version compatibility errors, Always On ...

This topic describes how to prepare a database for an Always On availability group in SQL Server by using SQL Server Management Studio, Transact-SQL, or PowerShell. Preparing a database requires two ...

Over the years, servers have suffered terribly from malicious attacks that users had to take precautions now and then. Because of that, internet users need to determine how to repair a database in an ...

According to Microsoft, you can use the contained database model to make the database more portable. This prevents orphaned users after a restore by authenticating accounts directly at the database ...

For as long as I can remember, I have always configured the computers within my own organization to store data on network servers as opposed to the data being stored on workstations. That way, if one ...

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