Microsoft on Monday announced that Azure Backup for SQL Server had reached 'general availability' status, meaning it's deemed ready for production-environment use.

In SQL Server 2012 and 2014, Backup to URL provides backup to Microsoft Azure using T-SQL and PowerShell scripting. For prior versions, SQL Server Backup to Microsoft Azure Tool enables you to back up ...

Microsoft added the option of using the Azure Backup service to provide recovery support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 when those workloads are hosted on Azure virtual machines.

Back up and restore SQL Databases in Azure VMs using Azure Backup and PowerShell. This article describes how to use Azure PowerShell to back up and recover a SQL DB within an Azure VM using Azure ...

Azure Backup helps you to back up SQL Server databases to Azure via an Azure account. If you don't have one, you can create a free account in just a few minutes.

Cohesity announced it is offering new capabilities to protect an organization's data in Microsoft Azure. Cohesity Cloud Services now supports the backup and recovery of Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), ...

Update: Azure Backup support for SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 end of support is now generally available. With SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 approaching end of support, many customers are moving to Azure.