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The Microsoft application agent for Application Direct with SQL Server supports multiple tools to recover databases.
Databases can be recovered using the Microsoft application agent SQL Server Management Studio plug-in (GUI), Microsoft application agent for Application Direct commands, or T-SQL scripts.
In this restore procedure, we will use the Microsoft Application Agent SQL Server Management Studio plug-in (GUI). The Microsoft application agent supports a user interface to perform restore operations through a SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) plug-in.