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Windows Server Backup: A Step-by-Step Guide

How familiar are you with Windows Server Backup? You may be surprised by its value in your organization. I’ll explain what its main purpose is and how to use Windows Server Backup to back up Windows Server file servers and an Active Directory (AD) domain controller. What is Windows Server Backup? Windows Server has had...

Last Update: Mar 22, 2024

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The Easy Ways to Restore Azure VMs From Backup

Last Update: Sep 11, 2023

In this post, Aidan explains the different ways that you can use Azure Backup to restore an Azure virtual machine.

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How to Restore Files and Data in Microsoft 365

Last Update: Feb 27, 2023

  In the last two articles in this series, I’ve pointed out some of the flaws in the arguments put forward by backup vendors for why you’ll back up Microsoft 365. There’s actually a good reason for using a backup product that they don’t often suggest, and it is the one that actually matters most…

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Getting Started with Backing up Data in Microsoft 365, Understanding the Limitations

Last Update: Oct 07, 2022

So, you’ve decided to jump straight into the deep-end and backup your data in Microsoft 365. But first, what does that even mean? Are you planning to back up user’s workstations to OneDrive or embrace the way Microsoft 365 is architected to provide similar or better capacities than a traditional backup product could provide? If…

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Making Office 365 More Sustainable with Self-Service Restore

Last Update: Oct 07, 2022

In the first four parts of my occasional series on Microsoft 365 backups, I’ve been fairly cynical. In my final part in the series, I’m looking at Microsoft 365 backup solutions from an angle that provides value; self-service restore. Firstly, as a quick recap if you missed the first four parts: Microsoft 365 doesn’t have a…

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Restoring Files with Azure File Sync

Aidan shows you how to restore files that were synchronized to the cloud, using Azure File Sync, and backups up using Azure Backup.

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Restore Azure Virtual Machine From a Backup Snapshot

Aidan Finn shows you how you can restore an Azure virtual machine from a snapshot, using the recent update that was rolled out to Azure Backup.

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Azure Backup Instant VM Recovery and Large Disks

Aidan Finn discusses recent improvements that were announced for Azure Backup, making backups more efficient, large VM restores faster, and enabling support for virtual hard disks that are larger than 1TiB (1024GB).

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Azure SQL Backups

Aidan Finn explains how Azure automatically protects any databases you create with the Azure SQL service.

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System State Support by Azure Backup Is Generally Available

Aidan Finn discusses what the recent GA of system state protection by Azure Backup means for you and shows how to add system state to MARS agent backup policy.

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