title: How to backup Amazon RDS MS SQL Server database instance and restore locally
body: <p>It is possible to create a backup of a database running on an Amazon RDS instance and restore it on a local machine using the standard Task -> Backup and Task -> Restore features within Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio?  If so, how do you go about doing this?</p>
  
  <p>Note, this question does not pertain to whether you can bulk copy the data or generate the scripts, but whether you can create a true .BAK database backup which can be restored using the SSMS restore feature.</p>