Acquia Dev Desktop Export to archive I'm a newbie, so please forgive me if this is a dumb question.

Exactly what files does the "Export to Drupal archive" feature of Dev Desktop actually back up? I have searched the web and didn't find anything that would answer this question.

My understanding, at this point, is that I need to export/backup the database and my Sites folder. PhpMyAdmin will do an export/backup of the database, but I have to manually copy &amp; paste the Sites folder and fool with all the settings in phpMyAdmin. It would really be nice if the Export to Drupal archive does this with only one click .

Thanks!
It does what you almost exactly described. Export to Drupal archive... creates a tar.gz file (tarball) with a backed up docroot folder (your drupal site code) &amp; a .sql file (DB dump). This is everything you need to export your site to any host that runs MySQL/MariaDB &amp; Apache/PHP