Document for Backup Restore

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Document for Backup Restore

Rinu Philip 21

Any document/link about backup and restore of MS SQL Server database using Visual Studio Code?

Similar to the below one for azure data studio.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure-data-studio/tutorial-backup-restore-sql-server

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Answer 1

Olaf Helper 47,621

using Visual Studio Code?

Why VS Code?

Use SSMS = "SQL Server Management Studio" instead.

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-ver16

Rinu Philip 21 Reputation points

2025-02-13T11:21:42.8466667+00:00

@Olaf Helper SSMS does it have Azure Data Migration service like we have on ADS?
Prasad Chaganti 775 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-02-17T08:39:28.1933333+00:00
Hi GP,

SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) does not have a built-in Azure Data Migration Service (DMS) integration like Azure Data Studio (ADS) does. However, you can still use SSMS for some migration-related tasks, such as:

Alternatives in SSMS for Data Migration

Generate Scripts Wizard (for schema & data)

Import/Export Wizard (for bulk data migration)

BACPAC Export/Import (for full database migration)

Azure Data Migration Service (DMS) is a fully managed service designed to enable seamless migrations from multiple database sources to Azure Data platforms with minimal downtime.

While Azure Data Studio (ADS) has a dedicated extension for Azure SQL migration that integrates DMS, SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) does not have a similar built-in extension.

I hope this information helps. Please do let us know if you have any further queries.
Prasad Chaganti 775 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-02-18T09:28:43.1733333+00:00

Hi GP,
We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet.

In case if you have any resolution please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.
Prasad Chaganti 775 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-02-19T09:07:40.1733333+00:00

Hi GP,

We haven’t heard from you on the last response and was just checking back to see if you have a resolution yet.

In case if you have any resolution please do share that same with the community as it can be helpful to others. Otherwise, will respond with more details and we will try to help.

Answer 2

In addition to the other answers and comments, you can also learn the syntax of BACKUP/RESTORE. I never user any UI for BACKUP and RESTORE.

If you read the documentation, it can be quite bewildering, since there are so many options. But when it comes to your relatively small development databases, you will not use very many of these features.

To backup a database:

BACKUP DATABASE db TO DISK = 'C:\temp\db.bak' WITH INIT, COMPRESSION

The INIT option is of some importance, since else you may append a new backup to an existing backup file. This often leads to confusion.

To restore a database under a new name or location:

RESTORE DATABASE db FROM DISK = 'C:\temp\db.bak'
WITH MOVE 'db' TO '<newpath>.mdf',
    MOVE 'db_log' TO '<newpath>.ldf'

The names after MOVE are the logical name of the database files. These can be retrieved from the backup with

RESTORE FILELISTONLY FROM DISK = 'C:\temp\db.bak'

You don't need the MOVE option if you restore the database to the same name and location.

Answer 3

Gao Chen 10,780 Microsoft External Staff Moderator

Hello GP,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A!

In this case, please take into consideration that Microsoft doesn't have specific documentation for backing up and restoring an MS SQL Server database using Visual Studio Code. However, you can refer to the general SQL Server backup and restore documentation, which can be adapted for use in Visual Studio Code with the SQL Server extension:

I hope the information is useful, let me know if you have any questions with the information provided!

Regards,

Gao

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Rinu Philip 21 Reputation points

2025-02-12T19:47:54.9333333+00:00

Thanks @Gao Chen , I am using SSMS but since Azure Data Studio gets retired in 2026, I was planning to use Visual Code as a replacement of ADS. Also ADS had Azure SQL Migration wizard, I do not see it in Visual Code

See image from ADS:
Sai Raghunadh M 4,575 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator

2025-02-12T21:43:20.4966667+00:00

Hi @ GP

Thanks for the Question and using Microsoft Q&A

Regarding the Azure SQL Migration wizard, it seems that the functionality is not directly available in VS Code. However, you can still perform SQL migrations using the MSSQL extension in VS Code. For more details on transitioning from ADS to VS Code, you can check out this article.

Hope this helps. Do let us know if you any further queries.
Rinu Philip 21 Reputation points

2025-02-18T12:24:37.8066667+00:00

Thanks @Prasad Chaganti - Thanks for the clarification. In short, Visual Studio does not support the Azure Data Migration Wizard like ADS does. I’m already familiar with SSMS and have been using it for on-prem SQL Servers.

I appreciate your answers. You can go ahead and close this case.

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