How to Choose a Quality Microsoft Exchange Backup Program

The Microsoft Exchange server is one of the most popular in small business these days, and although it is known for reliability and smooth performance, there will be those times when it doesn't perform as it should. This may be because of viruses or the way that the users are storing their data, but one thing is certain - if you don't have an Exchange backup program, you are asking for trouble.

Most people think only in terms of losing their data after a catastrophic server crash, but there are far more insipid ways of getting yourself into trouble. With the millions of viruses and worms that are out there on the internet right now, you never know if the data you have is free from corruption or not. The true value of an Exchange backup program will be seen after you realize that your data is corrupted or lost entirely and that you have nowhere else to turn.

When you choosing an Exchange backup program, the most important factor should be ease of use. It needs to be easy to install, easy to back up the information, and more importantly - it needs to be easy to restore from. A backup has no value to you at all unless you are able to put it to work and restore from it after a disaster.

Although you may think you have the most extensive firewall in place, you just never know what will happen toy our data. Your data could become corrupted from your own employees' actions, from an ex-employee who still has access, or even from a lone hacker out there who just wants to cause trouble. But, when you have a reliable backup sitting on a disk off-site, you will always have somewhere to go to when your data is lost or corrupted.