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Backups and Restores when a NAS Requires a Password

Jana Sattainathan needs to give the daily password:

Sometimes, you have a share (like Azure Data Box via SMB as was the case for me) that you can access only with a UserName and Password. This is fine as long as you are accessing it interactively by typing it in, but how about accessing it from SQL Server for the purposes of backing up and restoring?

This is where “NET USE” command comes in handy becomes necessary

Read on to see how that can help you out.