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I have a .bak file on my client and want to use it, to restore a database on a server running on another machine. Is there any way to achieve this without transfering the file to the servers filesystem?

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  • you can create the script of the DB (also with data) .. or even you can use a powershell script i think Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 10:46
  • The bak file was created by an admin on a prod database and i need it to restore the dev environment. I really need a solution to use the BAK file. Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 10:48
  • You can see this answer: stackoverflow.com/questions/13396027/… Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 11:06
  • You can restore from any path, including from network folders. Have you tried sharing the folder where the backup file is stored? Commented Jan 13, 2017 at 12:16

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Yes you can do it.Share the folder containig .bak file on a server where you want to restore the database .Now paste the path when browsing the .bak file.

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