Back up and restore an entire farm (Office SharePoint Server 2007)

Applies To: Office SharePoint Server 2007

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Topic Last Modified: 2015-06-08

There are several methods you can use to back up and restore data for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Key factors to consider in determining which tools to use include:

  • Backup type supported (full, differential, incremental).

  • Completeness of recovery and types of objects that can be recovered.

  • Complexity of managing solution.

  • Ability of solution to adapt to the maintenance window and database size.

Back up and restore a server farm

You can back up and restore data for Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using any of the following mechanisms:

For more information about choosing a specific backup and recovery method, see Choose backup and recovery tools (Office SharePoint Server).

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