Released: Dec 16, 2025

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.5

Features

• Backup
  • Users can now change Azure backups from .BAK format to .Server format using SAS authentication tokens and account configurations.
• Policy
  • SQL Safe automatically creates file locations for SQL Server format backups if they do not already exist.
• Restore
  • Include SQL Server logins when performing any restore operation.
  • Restore policies now support Full, Differential, and Transaction Log backups.

Fixes

• Policy
  • Removing an instance no longer leaves an orphaned reference within an...

Released: Jul 9, 2025

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.4

Features

• Added new OIDC Authentication Method for connecting to the SQL Safe Backup Repository.

Fixes

• CLI Command
  • The xp_ss_restoreheaderonly stored procedure is now working properly.
• Instance
  • The SQL Server friendly name assigned to an instance remains consistent across all SQL Safe operations and wizards.
• License
  • Removed servers from the License Key Manager.
• Management Console
  • The Management Console now displays all database activity, including databases that are part of an AlwaysOn...

Released: Feb 21, 2025

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.3

Features

• Installation
  • Older agents need to be upgraded to SQL Safe Backup 9.3 version.
• Instances
  • When registering an instance, set the "Untrusted Domain" option to identify whether a server is trusted or not.
• Upgrades
  • New communication protocols.
  • Backup agent upgrades:

Fixes

• Backup
  • Notification emails are generated properly for backup operations.
  • Set the destination path for your striped backups.
• Cluster Environment
  • Perform backups properly on the secondary node of a non-Availability Group...

Released: Feb 16, 2024

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.2.2

Features

• Restore
  • You can now prioritize restore operations.

Fixes

• Availability Group
  • You can now change the Database Owner for restored databases in Availability Groups.
• Instance
  • Instances are now listed in alphabetical order.
  • You can now register instances with the same name in different domains.
• Policy
  • The selected options in the wizard are now retained when you click back on the wizard.
• Restore
  • The restore file list now provides support for Cloud Storage.
• SQL Safe Agent
  • The panel Upgrade...

Released: Oct 20, 2023

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.2.1

Features

• Instances
  • Registered instances are now stored centrally for all users.
• SQL Safe Agent
  • When upgrading the SQL Safe Agents you can now also install the Extended Store Procedure.
• SQL Safe Backup Operations
  • Users can now perform SQL Safe Backup operations on online and offline databases. Offline databases are shown as 'Skipped' in the Status column of the Operation History panel.

Fixes

• Availability Group
  • Full (copy-only) backups are running normally on secondary replicas when the backup...

Released: Jul 11, 2023

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.2

Features

• Amazon S3
  • The 'On-Premise' storage option is now available when performing backup operations.
• Instances
  • Users can now move their registered instances from the 'User Preferences' to the 'SQL Safe Repository'.
• Policies
  • Users can now import/export their policies.

Fixes

• Amazon S3 Cloud
  • Restore operations are performed successfully on Amazon Cloud Storage.
• Availability Group
  • The License Key Manager and Repository and Management Service Settings are now identifying and displaying properly the...

Released: Jul 16, 2022

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.1

Features

• Microsoft Azure
  • Added new Authentication Methods: Key and SAS (Shared Access Signature Service URL).
• Backup in Desktop Console
  • Users can now run Pre/Post-Backup Commands.
• Upgrade
  • Added a new wizard to upgrade SQL Safe Agents.

Fixes

• Amazon S3 Cloud
  • Restores of backup files with FILESTREAM files are working properly now.
  • Users can now rename the bucket properly.
• Availability Group
  • Full and Differential backups are working properly on Availability Groups.
• Azure Cloud
  • Backup operations to...

Released: Jun 9, 2022

Updates in SQL Safe Backup v9.0

Features

• Added new User Interface features including:
  • UI Scaling - Support for 4K monitors and scaled fonts.
  • A new dark mode theme.

Released: Mar 31, 2022

Updates in SQL Admin Toolset v1.9.6

Features

• SQL Discovery allows users to probe for SQL servers by port number - Users can now use port numbers to discover available SQL servers using the SQL Discovery tool.
• Login Copy allows users to copy and paste server name - Users now can simply copy and paste the source server name to the destination server name when using the Login Copy tool.

Fixes

• SQL Discovery - Allows users to discover SQL servers using port numbers.
• Corrects an issue preventing users from importing an updated server...

Released: Dec 15, 2020

Updates in SQL Admin Toolset v1.9.5

Features

• Added support for designating SORT_IN_TEMPDB option when using the Quick Reindex tool.
• Space Analyzer allows users to disable WMI credential requirement - Space Analyzer users can now check or clear the Use WMI Credentials checkbox to toggle whether to require WMI credentials when running an analysis.

Fixes

• User Clone - Corrected an issue causing some users to receive the error message, "No user information found" when attempting to use the tool.
• Index Analyzer and Quick Reindex...