Streamlining Offsite Protection of Data

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1

A data-loss catastrophe is a backup administrator’s worst nightmare. In the worst case, such an event can mean a complete loss of business data and, in the best case, having to take the business offline until offsite backups are used to restore the data. However, with System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), a backup administrator has another option that works better and requires less effort on his part: backing up the data to the cloud, from where the administrator can restore the business data and bring the business back online in almost no time.

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