Posts by Mike Resseler

Scheduling is an important part of your backup strategy. Whether you run your backup at noon or in the middle of the night can be an important decision for you. When is your computer running and available for backup? Do you want to run it after a long day of work or before the day starts? Do you want to run it whenever you attach your backup storage or connected to the network? And how many time need to be minimum between different backups? Those of you that work with servers know that it isn’t always easy to find the right timing to perform your backups and with endpoints such as laptops and desktops it even gets more difficult.

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In this post we will go more in depth about the different scheduling and backup targets that you can use with Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE. In the previous post we talked about the different backup modes and now we continue in our backup wizard.

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In this series we already talked about the architecture of the Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE solution and how you can get started with the solution. We explained the service running, the components that are needed and after installation how easy it is to get started with the default settings. As I said in that post for many end-users, the default options will be perfect, but for others they want to make changes to what they protect (scope), the target destination and the schedule. Target destination and Schedules are for the next post, and today we are going to concentrate ourselves at the different backup modes and how they work.

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In the previous post we ran quickly through the requirements and architecture of Veeam Endpoint Backup. Now we are going to look on how to start with the product.

I’m not going to run over the installation, which is very easy to do, however, during the installation you need to make a few decisions.

After the installation, the wizard will ask you if you want to configure your backup with the default settings. In order to do so, you need to have a USB drive that is at least half of the selected source (entire PC) in size. For many users, the default settings will be perfect and they can proceed with doing so.

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Most of you know our Veeam Availability Suite solution and how that suite works. Others might be more familiar with the Veeam Management Pack for System Center. With the release of Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE there is a complete new solution in the Veeam family. In a new series of posts, I am going to highlight a few items of this solution, starting with the architecture today.

Veeam Endpoint Backup Free is a stand-alone solution. This is completely different from our other solutions and therefore does not require a dedicated server, management suite or something else. It is a windows-based tool that can be installed on any computer that ... Read more

Get more support on your way to becoming a Microsoft Certified Expert! Mike Reseller suggests additional on-demand video training resources like CBT Nuggets and Pluralsight when preparing for Microsoft exams. He also gives you recommendations on getting real-life experience and building your own lab. Read more

A couple of months ago, we announced a new solution called Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE. In December, we released the beta version of this software to the world. The interest in this beta software was overwhelming and we had a huge amount of testers, with more than 22,000 registered users and almost 20,000 downloads of our beta.

Today, we are proud to announce the GA (general availability) of Veeam Endpoint Backup FREE!

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Mike Reseller discusses the steps you need to take when preparing for the MCSE certification (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert). He gives a detailed review on all of the available training materials offered by Microsoft and even more you can obtain from other sources including books, videos and communities. Read more

Does your company require you become a Microsoft Certified Expert to support its partner status? Today, passing Microsoft’s exams is not as easy as it used to be. The tests have become more interesting and more complicated at the same time. Mike Reseller shares his experience and explains how to choose the certification and identify the exams you need. Read more

At Veeam, we believe the Modern Datacenter is based on virtualization. While we still see that some companies have a few remaining physical servers left, the majority are virtualized. However, a modern datacenter will still have certain physical devices. Most companies use physical workstations or laptops for their end-users to do their work and those devices have data on it that needs to be protected.

Because of that, we just announced a new product at our VeeamON conference today. Welcome Veeam Endpoint Backup Free!

Veeam Endpoint Backup Free is Veeam's new backup solution for Windows-based computers (desktops & laptops). It is a standalone product and is not part of Veeam Backup & Replication nor the Veeam ... Read more