Using SQL's Copy Database Wizard. If the aim is to clone an old SQL Server to failover to the new one without making any changes to applications or the way users log in, the best course is to copy ...

I did not need actual data; an empty copy of the latest database would suffice. I could easily add a few test records for the demonstration after installing the database on my laptop. I created a copy ...

I need to use the copy datbase wizard to create a copy of a database on the same server. I know i can move it to another server with the and maintain the ...

I'm doing some development on a dev server of ours for a site that's currently live on another server. They have their own server with a SQL Server database holding the data for the live site.

As SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 reach the end of support in 2019, you’ll have an opportunity to upgrade to a cloud database service. Follow this Skip to content ...