There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...

Several scenarios and reasons exist for regularly backing up an Exchange Server database, from data corruption to accidentally deleting files to system crashes to cybersecurity attacks. Microsoft's ...

It turns out you can build your own backup utility instead of buying one. But you have to be brave. Back in September 2008, I described some of the changes that came with Windows Server 2008, ...

Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) is a special boot mode for Windows Server domain controllers, similar to Safe Mode, that allows administrators to perform critical maintenance, repair, or ...

What's new in the server backup utility? Last time I wrote about the Windows Server Backup tool in Server 2008 and its use in creating systems state backups. Microsoft made some changes to the backup ...