Backup and Recovery Overview for Windows Server 2008 R2

Windows Server 2008 R2 contains features to help you create backups and, if needed, perform a recovery of your operating system, applications, and data. By using these features appropriately and implementing good operational practices, you can improve your organization’s ability to recover from damaged or lost data, hardware failures, and disasters. For Windows Server 2008 R2, there are new features that expand what you can back up, where you can store backups, and how you can perform recoveries. This topic contains the following sections: Backup and recovery technologies Shadow Copies of Shared Folders overview Windows Server Backup overview Windows Recovery […]

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Design the WSUS Server Layout

Applies To: Windows Server 2003 with SP2, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1, Windows Server Update Services, Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard This topic describes simple Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 SP2 deployments that use a single WSUS server and complex scenarios that include a WSUS server hierarchy or a WSUS server on an isolated network segment. In this topic: WSUS deployment that uses a single WSUS server WSUS deployment that uses multiple connected WSUS servers WSUS deployment for disconnected networks WSUS deployment with Network Load Balancing clusters WSUS deployment with roaming client computers […]

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