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• How to configure server backup in SBS 2008

  [updated due to Vlad's link] - to see the rest of the articles on SBS 2008 click here SBS 2008, like SBS 2003, comes with a server backup tool. Unlike SBS 2003, this one supports USB drives as a great removable solution,but does not support tapes. Tapes are not really required unless you need good archival solutions as keeping a rotation of tapes in a warehouse for 10 years would be more cost effective than keeping a stack of USB drives. The Console setup process ( Once SBS is set up, how to do the basic... Posted May 30 2008, 06:21 PM by David Overton with | with 7 comment(s) Filed under: Support and Tools, SBSC, Microsoft, Backup, Tips, Small business, Partner, SBS Cougar, SBS 2008

• Data recovery for small businesses by true professionals

  A while back I had the pleasure of working with some guys in one of the UK's largest and probably most capable data recovery companies. They did everything from simple recoveries to physically broken media recovery and proved that the excuse "the dog ate my homework Mrs Teacher" could be proven and recovered from. Well, that was then. Now a group from this company, including Justin who I worked with have broken away to create their own small business and they continue to offer a huge amount of... Posted Nov 19 2007, 01:41 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Community, DR, Backup, Small business

• Windows Client (Vista and XP) - Active X installer service, Volume Activation Tool, Diagnosing XP crashes, modifying the boot configuration parameters

  If you use volume licensing with Windows Vista then you need to be aware of the tools to manage them - it is not as simple as it used to be as you now need a management tool inside the business. VAMT answers this as does Desktop Management. Then we have some webcasts on slow networks, diagnosing crashes in Windows XP (although many of the techniques work for Vista too), backup and restore in Vista, using the ActiveX installer Service and Boot config parameters VAMT 1.0 (x86) The Volume Activation Management... Posted Aug 21 2007, 12:32 AM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Security, Internet Explorer, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Vista, Backup, Demo, Licensing, network

• How to copy files to a DVD / CD, Use the recycle bin, Use previous versions for files and Use the built in Vista backup tools - all in a Video presented with Silverlight

  The Video I have delivered a number of Vista and Office demos over my time, so I decided to record a number of them for others to borrow, use, learn from or anything else they choose. This video covers the following subjects in enough detail for people to hopefully understand what they need to know on how to use these tools: Use of the recycle bin Use of shadow copies to undo changes to a document Use of the DVD writing tools to copy and update files on a DVD Use of the built in Vista Backup tools To see the... Posted Jul 12 2007, 08:46 PM by David Overton with | with 5 comment(s) Filed under: Windows Vista and XP, Support and Tools, Business, Windows Client, Vista, Windows Vista, Backup, Demo, Tips, Small business, Partner, Silverlight

• Susan Bradley's found something that does good backup and virtualisation things - StorageCraft

  Susan's blog has recently come under my radar again (meaning I have time to read blogs), so I am posting lots of things from here. This one is a product which if your customer is DR minded could enable them to spawn a Virtual PC/Server and run the backup in it. An awesome addition. He took a backup image he had done of a server, he then fired up virtual pc and restored the backed up "real" server to a virtual one and flagging the "check for hardware changes and deal with it automatically"... Posted Jun 14 2007, 12:47 AM by David Overton with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: SBS 2003, Event, SBS 2003 R2, DR, Backup, Small business

• Sean Daniel on "Where's my next version of SBS?" - Cougar as was known

  I was browsing Vijay's blog and notices a link to Sean Daniel's blog discussing Cougar. While there are many details of Cougar still to be released and some I would imagine still to be decided, here are some of the most interesting things he said: There will be a migration too that will take you from your current SBS to Cougar on ANOTHER BOX. We are still working on this solution. The SBS Backup solution is being completely re-vamped. However, we have made the full switch, and the backup solution will... Posted Jun 10 2007, 10:08 PM by David Overton with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Security, beta, Backup, Small business, x64, ISA Server, Partner, SBS Cougar, Windows Server 2008

• What do Small Businesses worry about in IT?

  I just saw this re-sent internally and the data is quite UK centric, so: 63% of small businesses put data back and privacy as a top priority 7.6% of UK small business software spending was on Anti-Virus, in 2006 they planned to spend 10% more on data security - Source AMI 2006 50% of small businesses have as a priority to deploy in house or hosting data back up and disaster recovery (AMI) ttfn David Posted Jan 17 2007, 12:33 AM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Support and Tools, Business, Security, Research, Malware, DR, Backup