SQL 2022 is here! Lets back up our databases directly to GCS!
This new release of SQL Server has added functionality to allow you to back up databases directly to S3-compatible object storage. You can read more details about it by following this link.
Be sure to understand the limitations of this feature, and the risk of being a daring, cutting-edge, no-helmet wearing, implementer of it.
Many DBAs who host self-managed SQL Server instances in GCP will likely have stumbled across documentation suggesting they back up their databases to local drives and then copy them into GCS for long-term