Work with SQL backups just like with live databases – ApexSQL Restore 2012 released

Raleigh – December 31, 2012 – ApexSQL, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server solutions, announced the release of ApexSQL Restore 2012 today. This new tool allows you to attach SQL backup files and work with them just as you would with live databases, for a fraction of the time and space needed for a full restore. It provides direct access to SQL objects and data stored in backups via SSMS, Visual Studio or any third party tool, and more 

About ApexSQL Restore: ApexSQL Restore attaches both native and natively compressed SQL database and transaction log backups as live databases, accessible via SQL Server Management Studio, Visual Studio or any third party tool. It allows attaching single or multiple backup files including full, differential and transaction log backups, making it ideal for continuous integration environments, quickly reverting inadvertent or malicious changes and balancing heavy report loads. For more information, visit the ApexSQL Restore product page

ApexSQL Restore 2012 features:

  • Attaching both native and natively compressed SQL backup sets as fully functional SQL Server databases for a fraction of the time and space needed for a full restore
  • Mounting full, differential and transaction log backups as virtual databases
  • Transparent access to the data and objects stored in the backup via SSMS, Visual Studio or any third party application
  • Reading and modifying the objects and data stored in backups, accessed without altering the attached files themselves
  • TDE support
  • FILESTREAM support
  • Supports virtual restores of backups created on SQL Server 2000 and later to SQL Server 2005, 2008 and 2012

For more information, visit the ApexSQL Restore product page

“Thanks for your prompt attention. We were able to use ApexSQL to avoid losing thousands of rows of data and to avoid a lengthy restore using our backup software. As usual ApexSQL has proved itself very worth our investment in it.”
Jerry Sutton
Manager
Crawford Contractor Connection

About ApexSQL
ApexSQL is a leading vendor of tools for Microsoft SQL Server. ApexSQL products help SQL Server developers and DBAs accomplish complex tasks, such as database auditing, recovery, change management, development, documentation and others, quickly, easily and accurately. Headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, ApexSQL is a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner and has over 8,000 customers in over 120 countries worldwide

December 31, 2012