Backing Up and Recovering SharePoint Components

Backup options in SharePoint 2010 have been scoped across wider areas in comparison to its predecessors. SharePoint 2010 administrators have an array of options to choose from and combine, per best practices outlined in this chapter, to back up and restore SharePoint 2010 content.

In comparison to earlier versions, SharePoint 2010 administrators, can now back up the farm configuration, complete farm, and site collection only or even do a granular level of backup and restore. In addition to this, SharePoint 2010 administrators can now connect to an unattached content database and restore content from it.

The tools covered in this chapter for backup and restore are the following:

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