How do I import a .BAK file into SQL Server Management Studio 2017?

How do I import a .BAK file into SQL Server Management Studio?

Back up the database into a BAK file1Open the SQL Server Management Studio.2Select the database instance to back up in the left navigation pane.3Right-click > Tasks > Backup.4For Destination, select Disk. The destination file should have the extension *. BAK.Back up and restore SQL database instance using a .BAK file

How do I open a .BAK file in SQL Server?

Select "File" from the drop-down menu, then click the "Add" button. A file explorer window appears. Navigate to the BAK file, select it, and click "Open" to add the file to the backup medium.

How do I install a .BAK file?

1right click on the Databases container within object explorer.2from context menu select Restore database.3Specify To Database as either a new or existing database.4Specify Source for restore as from device.5Select Backup media as File.6Click the Add button and browse to the location of the BAK file.How to import a bak file into SQL Server Express - Stack Overflow

How do I convert a BAK file to SQL?

A . bak can't be converted to SQL directly -- it contains a backup of a database which does not have a clear relationship to SQL. You could restore the backup and then use SQL Server tools and then use that to make some SQL to recreate the SQL server objects but not the dat.