>Hi.
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>I seem to be able to enable filestream in my sqlserver 2008 R2 version, but not 2012. Anybody an idea of where I should be looking?

Start->Microsoft SQL Server 2012->Configuration tools->SQL Server Configuration Manager
Right Clcik on SQL Server service and select Properties. That go to FILESTREAM page.


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>Am I right in assuming that filestreaming is needed for blob fields only, and is it possible to backup without filestreaming?

Yes, you could backup w/o Filestreaming.
FileStreaming is needed when you have to store a large binary files in your database.
SQL Server just keeps then separate from DB.



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>Thanks and kind regards,
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>Marc