Cumulative Update 4 for SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 1 includes enhancements to improve the SQL Server Backup and Restore to Cloud user experience.  The enhancements include performance improvements, cleaning up invalid blobs when backups fail or are interrupted, and PowerShell support.   To request this update, see this ...

Writer: Karthika Raman Technical Reviewers: Guy Bowerman, Pat Schaefer, Andrew Cherry   On January 24, 2013, the SQL Server engineering team released new functionality in SQL Server 2012 SP1 CU2, enabling SQL Server native backup to cloud. The steps to creating a SQL Server backup to Windows Azure Blob storage are simple, but if a ...