March, 2008

When you create a new Protection Group using the “Create Protection Group” wizard, DPM internally computes and allocates volumes for storing the replica and the shadow copies. This blog post enumerates the various formulae that we use internally to generate...

We were recently informed that DPM 2007 has been named a finalist for 'Product of the Year' for eWeek Channel Insider ... in the Storage Management category. There are some other cool finalists, but DPM is the only backup player in consideration this...

The Microsoft Exchange team blog ( msexchangeteam.com ) recently posted an absolutely phenomenal blog post that describes exactly how DPM 2007 protects Exchange Server data. With soem really good explanations and nice graphics -- we might just reprint...

The following script creates a protection group with disk based protection, for a simple folder. It can be easily extended to add more data sources of different kinds – like Microsoft Exchange, SQL, Sharepoint, System state or Virtual Servers. The Synchronization...

Enter the DPM Data Protection Sweepstakes for a chance to win*: plus HEROES Season 1 DVD Set How do you enter? You can enter online by visiting the web site for the Sweepstakes at http://www.dpmheroes.com From there, just view the DPM overview demo and...

This interview is actually two months old - recorded at IT Forum in November 2007, but we recently found it online and wanted to share it with you. Its about 10 minutes long and talks about what are core features and unique deliverables with DPM 2007...

If you are a user or recommender of Data Protection Manager - we would like to invite you to join the DPM Group on Facebook . Its a chance to connect with other users as well as members of the product group and Microsoft field. We're just launching...

Abridged blog Cross-Post - original at blogs.technet.com/JBUFF DPM 2007 has a really simple licensing model: DPM Server - for the back-end platform(s) Standard DPML - for file protection Enterprise DPML - for file and application platform...