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29Nov2017
Three ways to protect your customer’s on-premises data with Azure: Part 3 – Azure Site Recovery
In the previous two posts we looked at: Azure Backup (using the MARS agent) Azure Backup Server (free DPM server) Those two solutions are markedly different from one another, but they both basically provide some kind of backup. The former does only file, folder & system state information--no application data is...
28Nov2017
Three ways to protect your customer’s on-premises data with Azure: Part 2 – Azure Backup Server
In the previous post, we looked at Azure Backup using the MARS agent, which can only do file, folder & system state data, and must be configured on the local machine. As you may already be aware, there are no local backup copies in that solution--you would need to provide...
27Nov2017
Three ways to protect your customer’s on-premises data with Azure: Part 1 – Azure Backup with MARS
In this series we will explore three different Azure solutions, all of which are aimed at one objective: Protecting your organization's (or your customer's organization's) critical data. You might use just one of these, or any combination of them, in your own DR plan--but you will want to choose the right...
02Nov2017
Is Azure Backup as good as offline backup?
I am posing this question, not just for Azure Backup, but any cloud-based backup. Here's the question: Is Azure Backup (or any cloud-based backup for that matter) as good as having an offline backup? The Benefits of Azure / Cloud Backup Certainly one of the biggest benefits of a cloud-based backup is that...
06Oct2017
Tutorial: How to setup and configure Microsoft Azure Backup Server, part 2: configuring
In the previous post, we discussed Microsoft Azure Backup Server, and covered the basic setup/installation process for this software. In today's article, we will cover configuration of the software. Pre-requisites We have covered almost everything in the previous article, but to review, and to begin moving forward with configuration: Obviously, you need...
05Oct2017
Tutorial: How to setup and configure Microsoft Azure Backup Server, part 1: installation
Microsoft Azure Backup comes in two basic flavors: Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent (MARS) Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) Both are free downloads from Microsoft, and both allow you to configure backup from on-premises servers to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Whereas the MARS agent is installed directly on the server you...
08Sep2017
Tutorial: How-to Setup Azure Site Recovery using Windows Server Essentials, Part 3: Failover
In part 1 of this series, we covered the pre-requisites for Azure Site Recovery using the Windows Server Essentials integration features. In part 2, we configured the Azure Virtual Network using the Essentials Dashboard plugin, and replicated our VM's. Now in this final part of the series, we are going...
05Sep2017
Tutorial: How-to Setup Azure Site Recovery using Windows Server Essentials, Part 1: Pre-requisites
Windows Server Essentials (or the Essentials Experience role) can be leveraged to quickly provision and enable a full Disaster Recovery site in the cloud using built-in Azure integration features. The solution is composed of two Azure products: Azure Virtual Network and Azure Site Recovery. I have previously written about our struggles...
11Apr2017