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 ...

Microsoft added the option of using the Azure Backup service to provide recovery support for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 when those workloads are hosted on Azure virtual machines. The Azure ...

Computer database software such as Microsoft's SQL Server benefits all types of businesses, as it makes recordkeeping fast, flexible and secure. SQL Server lets you disconnect a database from the main ...

Using compression with SSMS is just as easy. Simply set the compression option on the Options page of the Back up Database dialog. You may be asking yourself: How effective is this compression? The ...

Are there any requirements to backup a DHCP server and restore it on another system? I am currently trying to migrate my DHCP information on an old system running Server 2008 SP2 into a new system ...

One of the great new features of SQL Server 2008 is called Transparent Data Encryption. Data encryption was introduced into the Database Engine in SQL Server 2005, so why is 2008 so much better? Yes, ...

I'm stumped. Normally to restore client files from our windows backup server one goes to the Dashboard on a domain PC, selects Devices -> [Select Client PC] -> Restore files or folders for the ...

Active Directory (AD) is Microsoft’s directory service. It runs on Windows Server and helps administrators manage permissions and access to network resources. To backup and restore Active Directory in ...

How to restore a system image in Windows Server 2012 Your email has been sent John Joyner explains how to use the Windows Server 2012 built-in backup application to restore a system image. The Windows ...

Over the next several weeks I’ll be blogging about significant pros and cons of the Server 2008 version of the backup tool that debuted in Windows Vista, so that you can decide whether the supplied ...