Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Management Console is a tool for managing data backup/restore on the local network from a single location. Using it you can install agents remotely, schedule tasks, recover data remotely, set backup/restore options on remote database servers, and import a preexisting maintenance plan.

Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Agent is an application, enabling local and remote management from Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Management Console of data backup/restore on a networked computer, on which it is installed.

Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Management Console is installed on the computer from which you plan to manage operation processes on remote database servers. It may also be installed on a database server to manage tasks locally (with Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Agent installed).

After issuing a backup or restore command from the Management Console, Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server sends a request to the Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server Agent to retrieve the required instance or database from Microsoft SQL Server and sends it to Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server, which backs up the selected data.

The Acronis Recovery Software Development Kit (SDK) provides an extensible set of components that allow core Acronis Recovery functionality to be embedded within your custom software applications. System integrators, independent software vendors (ISVs), enterprise IT developers and others can leverage the core capabilities of Acronis Recovery for MS SQL Server software to develop custom solutions that integrate into existing applications.