FileTables, a new feature introduced in SQL Server 2012, is a unique table that reflects metadata of files in a specified folder.

How to Restore a SQL Database From a .MDF File. Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure.

Good old FTP and flat file import will do the trick reliably and never take a day off. Here are the basic steps to automate an FTP download in Windows followed by a CSV insert into MS SQL Server.

However, SQL Server data files (MDF and NDF) can get inaccessible due to a variety of reasons and paralyze all business operations. What can be done, if there is no backup of the corrupt database ...

How to Open a Microsoft SQL Server .Bak File. You can save a backup of your MS SQL databases to a single file on your hard drive. These backup files have names ending with the ".bak" file ...