Ola Hallengren has recently updated his popular free SQL Server database maintenance scripts to support the newest point release of SQLBackup 6.3.

For those of you who are not familiar with Ola’s database maintenance scripts, they are designed to help you backup, optimize indexes, and perform integrity checks on all your databases. These are highly polished scripts that can be used in even the most mission-critical environments.

If you already use SQLBackup 6.3, and haven’t tried out Ola’s scripts, you should give them a try. If you are using Ola’s scripts now, and haven’t yet found the right third-party backup software that meets your backup compression and encryption needs, then you need get a free trial of the software and see how it works for you.