Russell Smith is a technology consultant and trainer specializing in management and security of Microsoft server and client technologies. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer with more than 15 ...

SQL Server backups cannot be restored to older versions directly. Use Export and Import Data-Tier Application for cross-version database migration. Reconfigure permissions, logins, and connection ...

I need to copy a mass amount of tables in SQL Server to the same database (obviously renaming the tables). I need to include constraints, keys, indexes, etc, as well as data. (we need to copy an old ...

Idera, a provider of Microsoft SQL Server management and administration solutions, has announced Idera SQL admin toolset 1.5, a set of 25 desktop tools for monitoring, troubleshooting, administering ...

I am having trouble trying to migrate my MSDE databases from one SQL server to another. I had no trouble restoring 3 of the files but on database is not restoring. I was trying to restore just the ...