marc_s, SQL Server UNC.
SQL Server Management Studio, , .
UNC-, T-SQL:
So, you need to create a shared folder on your computer and back up from the server via T-SQL.
On the other hand, you do not need to create a shared folder on the machine . You can backup the server in any shared folder and restore there. Or you can create a backup locally on the server, make the backup folder on the server a public folder and restore the backup directly to your computer.
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