How to do it...

Follow these steps in order to restore the server using the Windows Server Backup utility:

  1. Open up the Windows Server Backup management interface. You can launch this from either the Start menu or from the Tools menu of Server Manager.
  2. Choose Local Backup from the left window pane.
  3. Near the right side of your screen, click on the Recover... action:
  1. Since our backup file is stored right here on one of the server's volumes, we choose This server and click Next.
  2. Now you will see a calendar with bold dates indicating which days have valid backup files that you can restore back to. We are selecting the backup that ran yesterday ...

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