Specifications

Best Practices for Virtualizing and Managing Exchange 2013

With System Center 2012 SP1, DPM now can back up data from the DPM server to offsite storage that is

managed by the Windows Azure Backup service. (Your organization must sign up for the service, and you

must download and install the Windows Azure Backup agent on the DPM server, which is used to transfer

the data between the server and the service.) With the new online backup capabilities in DPM, you can

expect the following benefits:

 Reduced TCO: The Windows Azure Backup service can help to reduce TCO by providing

scalability, elasticity, and simplified storage management.

 Peace of mind: The Windows Azure Backup service provides a reliable, secure, and robust offsite

solution for backup and recovery that is highly available. It also provides uninterrupted protection

for migrated virtual machines.

 Simplicity: Windows Azure Backup workflows are seamlessly integrated into the existing DPM

backup, recovery, and monitoring workflows. The service also facilitates recovery of data from

individual mailboxes.