Early Access Preview of a New Backup Tool for SQL Azure

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) October 28, 2011 -- dbForge SQL Azure Backup  is an easy-to-use GUI tool for creating backup copies of SQL Azure database to local drive, SQL Server, or Azure Blob Storage for development or archive purposes. The product allows to easily create backups as a set of T-SQL scripts packed into ZIP archive, or just copy cloud database to on-premise SQL Server. SQL Azure Backup consists of 4 components:

* Windows Azure service
* GUI application to backup databases
* Two console applications: for backup and restore
* PowerShell interface and .NET Framework API

Main Features Highlights

The product offers the following functionality:

* Transparent backup format

The tool creates a backup as a ZIP archive with SQL scripts. Users can run this file using any tool like SSMS or sqlcmd, and this means that their database can be restored in any environment.

* Charge-free bandwidth

Users don't have to pay when SQL Azure and the deployed service are in the same region. So, they will have to pay only for storing backups on Blob Storage.

* Less space = less expenses

As the size of zipped T-SQL scripts is much smaller than that of the original database .mdf file compressed with ZIP or compressed backup .bak file, users can significantly reduce their monthly expenses on files storage.

* Periodical backup by schedule

The service for Windows Azure can be configured to make backups of a database periodically. Users can specify the lifetime of a backup file so that the service will delete them to free up the space on Blob Storage, and as a result save their money.

Availability

Users can try out the early access preview of dbForge SQL Azure Backup at its download page for free: http://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/sqlazurebackup/download.html.

To leave feedback, users can go to the dbForge SQL Azure Backup feedback page: http://www.devart.com/dbforge/sql/sqlazurebackup/feedback.html. Devart team is looking forward to receiving any comments and suggestions.

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