By Callum This guide will walk you through creating a backup file of your SQL Server database directly into the Azure Blob Storage using BACKUP DATABASE <DBName> to URL.
We are going to take SQL Server backup to Azure Blob Storage. The SQL Server Complete Backup to Azure Blob Storage is ideal for scenarios that require integration with other Azure technologies.
Note: For this article, you require the following prerequisites
Azure Storage account and blob container
SQL Server Management Studio
SQL Server instance
The steps to take SQL Server database backup directly to Azure Blob Storage are below.
Access keys for the storage account
Go to your Azure Storage account and note down the access key in the Azure portal.
Access keys for the storage account
Create credentials for on-premise SQL Server
CREATE CREDENTIAL mysqlcredential
WITH IDENTITY= ‘dataexportsql’ –Specify the Azure storage account name
, SECRET = ‘iS+laBj0CwcD3u+ ==’ — Specify the access key noted for the storage account
Create credentials for on-premise SQL Server
Backup Database to Azure blob storage
Go to Azure blob container properties and note its URL as highlighted below.
Backup Database to Azure blob storage
The backup Database script uses the URL and credential to take backup directly to Azure blob storage.
BACKUP DATABASE DBBlogger
TO URL = ‘https://dataexportsql.blob.core.windows.net/sqlbackups/DBBlogger.bak’
WITH CREDENTIAL = ‘mysqlcredential’;
GO
backup Database script
Once the backup finishes, you can view the backup file in the blob container, as shown below.