I need to automate SQL Azure database backup in SQL Script files. How can i do so?

Question

Presently i am generating SQL scripts everyday to take the backup of SQL Azure database. I need to automate this process using some freeware. How can i achieve this?

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Answer 1

SQL Azure Database does not support SQL Server Agent or jobs. You can, however, run SQL Server Agent on your on-premise SQL Server and connect to SQL Azure Database.

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windowsazure/ee336245.aspx

SQL Server Agent is a Microsoft Windows service that executes scheduled administrative tasks, which are called jobs...For example, if you want to back up all the company servers every weekday after hours, you can automate this task. Schedule the backup to run after 22:00 Monday through Friday

Source: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms189237.aspx