SQL Azure Backup - Now a hosted solution

Easily schedule a backup from SQL Azure to Azure Blob Storage or Amazon S3

Changelog

1 Dec 2011 - 2.6.0.86 - Free

SQL Azure Backup 2.5.1.78 introduces support for easily restoring a backup

Restore: is now as easy as backing up
Progress: timers are now included where accurate progress isn't available
Settings: are now remembered on upgrade

20 Oct 2011 - 2.5.1.78 - Free

SQL Azure Backup 2.5.1.78 is mainly a bug fix release.

Foreign Keys: now the tool drops and re-creates foreign keys on data import
Robustness: improvements when communicating to SQL Azure
Summary Information: now shown in the UI and on the command line

6 Oct 2011 - 2.5.0.48 - Free

SQL Azure Backup 2.0.0.48 is the first full tool for Azure from Red Gate Software.

Free: the price for the current tool is unbeatable
Drop existing: if the local database exists - this is an option that is turned off by default
Azure prices: are now shown on startup to clarify the charges that Microsoft can charge
Containers: will be created if a name is entered that doesn't exist
Cancel: behaviour has been improved
Adverts: have been removed

8 Sep 2011 - 2.0.1.49 - Beta

SQL Azure Backup 2.0.1.49 is a bug fix release.

Open DataReader: occassionally when loading users this problem would be encountered
Containers: listing the Azure storage containers wasn't working in different timezones
Type casting: there was a type casting error that could be encountered if statistics were on a table without a unique index.
Web failures: improved robustness when requesting the status of the export task
Other: a number of smaller fixes to improve the stability of the product

30 August 2011 - 2.0.0.37 - Beta

SQL Azure Backup 2.0.0.38 is a major release supporting both Copy to SQL Server backup and now Microsoft's free-to-use Import/Export Service which creates BACPAC files in Azure storage.

NEW - Hosted backup: Use Microsoft's CTP Import/Export Service to create a BACPAC in Azure Blob Storage
Sync from SQL Azure: Synchronize your schema and data to a local SQL Server database
Create Azure Copy: Make a copy before backing up to ensure the backup is transactionally consistent
Interface: Just enter the details of your SQL Azure database and the destination
Command Line: Automate and schedule your Azure backups with a simple stand-alone .exe

8 Aug 2011 - 1.0.5.73 - Beta

SQL Azure Backup 1.0.5 is a bug fix version which hopefully will help me diagnose user problems too.

Failure to connect to Azure: On the 5th August a change was made by Microsoft to SQL Azure that broke our version detection routine - this is fixed.

5 August 2011 - 1.0.4.50 - Beta

SQL Azure Backup 1.0.4 is a bug fix version which hopefully will help me diagnose user problems too

Create Copy failed: some database names caused issues when creating a temporary copy on Azure
No unique or primary key: tables with non-unique clustered keys are now mostly supported. Thanks to users e-mailing prompting me to look into this again.
Adverts appearance improved: thanks very much to commenters on my blog for this one. http://www.simple-talk.com/community/blogs/richard/archive/2011/06/16/101966.aspx

5 July 2011 - 1.0.3.62 - Beta

Fixes issues with SQL Azure Backup 1.0.2 InvalidCastException as reported by users - thanks for the bug reports, please keep them coming.

29 June 2011 - 1.0.2.60 - Beta

SQL Azure Backup 1.0.2 adds some new features as users have suggested

CommandLine: you can run a standalone .exe to backup your SQL Azure Database on a schedule
Create Copy: create a copy of an azure database prior to backup to ensure transactional consistency
Skip Object: skip over schema objects that cannot be transferred to SQL Server