Backup compression was introduced in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise, which reduces the size of backups and the time that it takes to create them. Using backup compression is a simple process. Transact-SQL—WITH COMPRESSION in the BACKUP statement, BACKUP DATABASE AdventureWorks2008 TO DISK = ‘C:\AWBackupCompressed.bak’ WITH COMPRESSION By default, no backups are compressed. You can change [...]