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MS SQL backup with Handy Backup



Handy Backup provides a fast and effective way to backup MSSQL Server, which is a widely used database management system designed by Microsoft. Since a lot of the today’s business activities exploit databases stored on SQL servers, the question of how to backup MSSQL database is of much importance for enterprises of all sizes.


Download Handy Backup 30-days trial version and backup MSSQL database for free!


To backup MS SQL database with Handy Backup your user account must satisfy two conditions. Firstly, you must have administrator privileges in MS SQL, and secondly, you must use Windows Authentication Mode for your connections to SQL Server


  • Accuracy and reliability of MSSQL backup. Unlike many other backup tools that use the ODBC protocol to backup MSSQL database, Handy Backup exploits Microsoft API which allows you to backup MS SQL database with all views, indexes, stored procedures, and other data. This type of MS SQL backup can’t be performed over the network, but provides much more accuracy.
  • Backup MSSQL databases without stopping the service. You can perform MSSQL backup with Handy Backup without interrupting your SQL server services.
  • Support for backup MS SQL Server 2005, MSSQL 2000, MS SQL 2008. To back up MS SQL databases you only need to add “MS SQL” item to your backup set, and Handy Backup will automatically detect all SQL server databases on your computer and display them for selection.
  • Backup options and scheduling. Handy Backup has a number of advanced backup options which allow you to compress your MSSQL backup with an integrated ZIP-compressor with 10 levels, encrypt it with 128-bit blowfish encryption, store backup with timestamps, etc. Besides this, you may schedule MS SQL backup task to be repeated daily, weekly, monthly, or with your own period of time. For a full list of features, refer to Handy Backup features.
  • Versatile choice of backup storage media. Your MS SQL backup can be stored on any kind of storage media: Handy Backup supports backup to DVD, backup to external drives (FireWire, USB and others), remote backup service, and other backup destinations

MS SQL backup feature is included into Handy Backup Full version. If you want to backup MS SQL database within Standard or Professional editions, you may order it as an additional backup plug-in.


Handy Backup is a perfect tool for MSSQL backup: it allows you to always feel safe about your data and guarantees that in case of whatever disaster you will be able to restore your databases quickly and error free.


Read FAQ about backing up MSSQL databases with Handy Backup.


What to back up

My Documents backup - one click backup of the 'My documents' folder including pics, videos, music, text files
Website backup - most reliable solution to protect your business's web representation
HDD Backup - back up your hard drive by creating a hard drive image and saving it to the storage medium
MySQL backup - simple, comprehensive backup of the MySQL database tables
ODBC Database Backup - back up any ODBC compatible databases including MySQL, Oracle, FoxPro, Interbase, MSSQL, DB2, MS Access, Postgre SQL etc.

Where to back up

Backup to DVD-R - record your backups to DVD-R with our in-built DVD burning tool
Backup to CD-R - record your backups to CD-R using data encryption and compression with one click
Backup USB - back up your data to any USB connected device such as USB flash key
Backup to FTP - transfer your backups to remote FTP server for more data security
Backup from FTP - back up data stored on a remote FTP server to your local computer or any removable storage medium

How to back up

Backup with ZIP compression - backup with 10 levels of Zip compression saves storage space
DVD backup verification - makes sure your data are restorable from DVD copy you made
Synchronizing files and folders - one click synchronization of files and folders across multiple locations including remote FTP servers