How do I restore my Azure managed instance?
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- Go to your SQL Managed Instance and select the database that you want to restore.
- Select Restore on the database page:
- On the Restore page, select the point for the date and time that you want to restore the database to.
- Select Confirm to restore your database.
How long does it take to restore an Azure SQL Database?
Most database restores finish in less than 12 hours. For a single subscription, there are limitations on the number of concurrent restore requests.
What should I do if my Azure database has been restored?
Check that the point-in time that you used is after this time. If you cannot connect to the database that has completed restore, you might need to wait some additional time. The restored database must be registered in Azure, and in Business Critical tier, it should complete replication/seeding to all secondary replicas.
How to restore an Azure SQL managed instance?
Configure a point-to-site connection to SQL Managed Instance from on-premises. For more information on backing up and restoring a SQL Server database using Azure Blob storage and a Shared Access Signature (SAS) key, see SQL Server Backup to URL.
How do I restore a database from a backup?
To recover a database to a point in time by using the Azure portal, open the database overview page and select Restore on the toolbar. Choose the backup source, and select the point-in-time backup point from which a new database will be created.
How often do I need to backup my Azure database?
Managed Instance takes automatic backups (full backups every week, differential every 12 hours, and log backups every 5-10 min) that you can use to restore a database to some point of time in past within the retention period, restore accidentally deleted database. For more information, see Automated backups.