Perform SQL Database Backup and Recovery in Azure

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Perform SQL Database Backup and Recovery in Azure

In this hands-on lab scenario, your organization, Awesome Company, is reducing its on-site footprint and moving as many databases as possible to the cloud. As part of this effort, you have already migrated multiple databases to both Azure SQL Database and Azure SQL Virtual Machines. Unfortunately, during the course of use, some data has been accidentally deleted from these databases. It is up to you as the DBA to recover this lost information and guard against future issues. Performing the actions of this lab will help you become familiar with SQL backup and recovery options in Azure.

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Lab Info

Level

Intermediate

Last updated

Sep 24, 2025

Duration

30m

Challenge

Restore a Database to a SQL Virtual Machine
Using the acmobile.bak file from the lab GitHub repo, restore a full backup of the acmobile database to your SQL virtual machine.

The following PowerShell script can be used to download the backup to the required folder:
```
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/linuxacademy/content-azure-database-administrator-associate/raw/master/Hands-on%20Labs/acmobile.bak" -OutFile "c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL15.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\Backup\acmobile.bak" -UseBasicParsing
```
Challenge

Configure Automatic Backups on the SQL Virtual Machine

To ensure there are backups in place for future incidents, configure automated backups for your SQL virtual machine.
Challenge

Recover Lost Information in Azure SQL Database
Use a point-in-time restore to recover a dropped table in the acweb database.

SQL Database Credentials:
- Username: delmar
- Password: AwesomePassword!

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