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I'm not a big MS SQL person. Is there a way to setup a shared folder on another server to make backups. If I try to assign a folder for the backups it only gives me options for direct attached storage. I'm using standard edition of MS SQL 2005.
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I'm not a big MS SQL person. Is there a way to setup a shared folder on another server to make backups. If I try to assign a folder for the backups it only gives me options for direct attached storage. I'm using standard edition of MS SQL 2005.

Can MS SQL 2005 make backups to a shared folder?

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