DB backup under SQL Express
SQL Express has no Jobs engine. And Shared SQL server as well. So Management->Maintenance Plans is not exists. So there is a batch file that you can put in Windows Scheduler to create db backups: @echo off set databaseName=%1 echo %databaseName% set backupFolder=%2 echo %backupFolder% for /f "tokens=2 delims==" %%a in ('wmic OS Get localdatetime /value') do set "dt=%%a" set "YY=%dt:~2,2%" & set "YYYY=%dt:~0,4%" & set "MM=%dt:~4,2%" & set "DD=%dt:~6,2%" set "HH=%dt:~8,2%" & set "Min=%dt:~10,2%" & set "Sec=%dt:~12,2%" set "fullstamp=%YYYY%-%MM%-%DD%_%HH%-%Min%-%Sec%" echo %fullstamp% set OutDir=%backupFolder%\%databaseName%_%fullstamp%.bak echo %OutDir% sqlcmd -S <serverName\instanceName> -U <user> -P <pass> -Q "BACKUP DATABASE [%databaseName%] TO disk='%OutDir%'" References : Filename timestamp...