• Thanks for the replies.

    I was just wishful thinking for an easier way to get a copy of our end-user clients database. Your reply confirmed what we sort of expected to still be the case.

    We really don't have any access to the SQL Server for most of our clients, including access to their SQL server's service rights management, so saving .bak from SQL to network is not going to happen.

    Our story if you're curious;

    We are a commercial software shop, big app with SQL backend, our clients are the end-users, not their IT folks. Sometimes we need to get a copy of client database to troubleshoot issues the end-user client is reporting during support calls to us. We wrote a report in our application which scripts all the table's data, and then the client uploads the resulting ZIP file it to us. This solution continues to work ok for us, but it frequently takes 3-4 hours to create the script. We know a .BAK file takes a fraction of the time and would be a quicker solution and less effort for the end-users.

    Again, thanks for the replies. SQLServerCentral is the best!