Chapter 16. Configuring Backup

Backup is one of those chores that everyone knows is necessary but everyone hates to deal with. In Windows Small Business Server 2008, the solution can be simple if you only need to do disaster recovery backups of the server. A bit more work is required to set up more sophisticated backup solutions (using Windows Home Server), but all solutions can become completely automatic and transparent after the initial configuration is done.

The backup function in Windows SBS Console provides a friendly interface for scheduling and configuring your backups. It’s still Windows Server Backup underneath, ...

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