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How to export data from a .bak file to Excel

bak_to_excelWere you ever faced with the situation in which you had to extract and export data from a .bak file to Excel (.xls, .xlsx, or .csv format)?

Surely if you have arrived here you are facing this problem and looking for a solution. Well, you have come to the right place. In the article below we will show you how you can achieve this.

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SqlBak update: The New Dashboard

SqlBak’s dashboard has been upgraded to be a more user-intuitive interface, in order to provide the most essential information in just a quick glance as well as make modifications to the job.

It’s still very easy to create backups, to schedule them, to set custom backup destinations, and of course, all of the other features you will need to make sure your backup process is up to the highest standard. Let’s have a look!

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SQL Server Backup Permissions

backup permissionsBackup permissions: This post will take you through the list of backup permissions a user needs to have in order to be allowed to make the most basic backup operation.

We will also explain what are some of the most advanced options for backing up databases and how you can give these privileges as well to some of your most trusted users.

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SQL Server backup report

In this article, you can find a small script that you can use as a small cheat to have access to an on-the-go backup report of your databases.

If you can connect to your database, you can run this query and find out when was the last time your databases were backed up

and when were the last times a Full, Differential, or Transaction Log backup was taken.

But what do you do when you do not have remote access to your databases, but still like to have a quick review of your last successful backups? Well, we’ll cover this too…

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How to backup query results

backup queryIn this article, we will talk about how to backup query results if you are using a database querying application like SQL Server Management Studio.

We will cover multiple possibilities of backing up your results, from those built-in SSMS (SQL Server Management Studio) to some workarounds we consider to be more efficient.

Continue to read to find out how to achieve this…

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Cannot perform a differential backup because current backup does not exist

cannot perform a differential backupEncountering a  “Cannot perform a differential backup for database, because a current database backup does not exist” error might generate some confusion if you look into your backup log and can see that FULL backups have been successfully created.

This article will try to give you an answer as to why this happens and a solution, that will hopefully be applicable to your situation.

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How to backup a SQL Server database to NAS drive

backup a sql server database to nas
In order to backup a SQL Server to a NAS drive, all you need is to use SqlBak.
Backups are very important, and many organizations have different standards and rules for storing backups, from the more constrained from a security point of view which require you to store them locally (on-premises) to the organizations that allow their DBAs to store backups of their databases onto cloud storage services. 
For those organizations that choose to store their backups locally, there are multiple storage solutions, one of which is owning your own NAS.

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