SQL Server Database Backup Files Can Act Like a Real SQL Server database

Idera, a leading provider of Microsoft SQL Server management and administration tools, has released its SQL virtual database 1.3; allowing SQL Server backup files to look and act like a real SQL Server database within SQL Server Management Studio and other SQL Server applications. This new release also provides the ability to create virtual databases with SQL Server 2008 or SQL Server 2008 R2 compressed backup files; virtual databases may also be created on virtual Windows 2003 or Windows 2008 Server instances located on the nodes of a SQL Server Cluster. SQL virtual database 1.3 has been proven to save time when restoring and retrieving data from SQL Server, and supports SQL Server 2008 R2.