Using the Improved Backup and Restore Tools

Backup and Restore in the SharePoint admin interfaces in SharePoint 2010, shown in Figure 1.6, has been improved over SharePoint 2007’s available out-of-the-box options. New improvements include progress bar indicators, granular site recovery options, and the capability to recover data out of unattached content databases.

Figure 1.6. Using SharePoint Central Admin’s improved backup interface.

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Although these tools improve the administration available in SharePoint 2010, they do not necessarily provide comprehensive enterprise backup and restore capabilities. In certain cases, it may become necessary ...

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