Microsoft SQL Server support

SQL Backup Pro supports the following versions of Microsoft SQL Server:

The following editions of each version are supported:

SQL Backup Pro provides limited support for SQL Server Express Edition; the SQL Backup Pro graphical user interface does not support scheduled backup jobs, scheduled restore jobs or log shipping with this edition.

Microsoft Windows support

SQL Backup Pro supports the following Microsoft Windows operating systems:

The option to copy backups to hosted storage (SQL Backup Pro 7.3 and later) is not supported on Windows 2000 running on 32-bit or 64-bit systems.

Itanium support

SQL Backup Pro v7.7 is the last general release to support the Itanium platform. Formal support for Itanium ended on July 8th, 2015. For further details of historic support for Itanium, see the Requirements for SQL Backup Pro v6.

Operating system requirements

.NET framework requirements

The graphical user interface requires Microsoft .NET version 2, 3.0 or 3.5 or Microsoft .NET version 4.

The option to copy backups to hosted storage (SQL Backup Pro 7.3 and later) requires Microsoft .NET framework version 3.5 or Microsoft .NET version 4 on the Server.

Platform support for x86 64-bit and x86 32-bit

If you run 32-bit and 64-bit machines, note these platform support details:

Technical notes