Microsoft has added a data deduplication capability to its System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager (DPM) product. The recommended architecture involves running DPM in a virtual machine with the ...

I'm thinking of giving MS DPM 2010 a try. Before I delve into it, I thought I could voice a few questions to find out if this product is feasible for us. We're a small shop with currently two HP DL370 ...

Last month, Microsoft released the first two products in the System Center 2010 wave: the management suite System Center Essentials 2010, and the backup-and-recovery-focused Data Protection Manager ...

Microsoft issued a beta of System Center Data Protection Manager 2012, with a new centralized console and backup of generic data sources. The top new feature is the centralized console, according to ...

Microsoft’s flagship backup and archiving software, Data Protection Manager, has come a long way since we first tested it in 2005. When we first visited the newly released Data Protection Manager, it ...

Announced a year ago and released to public beta in April, Microsoft DPM is designed to integrate disk-to-disk and near-continual data protection into the Redmond, Wash., company&s server platforms.

The gloves are off. Microsoft and Symantec have simultaneously launched their assault against each other in the potentially lucrative market for advanced backup and recovery of Windows desktops and ...

Backing up applications, servers and sometimes client computers is a necessary evil in IT, both to protect against disasters and to guard against user error. In small ...

Microsoft’s Data Protection Manager moves toward backup, but leaves some machines unprotected Microsoft has made its first attempt at tending to enterprisewide data protection. In our Clear Choice ...