Windows 2K3 and Office 2K3 - file version retrieval

[Guest BBW]

I thought I saw something about if you have Windows 2K3 and Office2K3, you

can configure your systems so that when you do a save in Word, the

overwritten file can be gotten back without a conventional backup/restore.

Can someone point me in the correct direction...?

 

Thanks,

Tom...

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Windows 2K3 and Office 2K3 - file version retrieval

 

BBW <tkarpowski@bennettcompany.com> wrote:

> I thought I saw something about if you have Windows 2K3 and

> Office2K3, you can configure your systems so that when you do a save

> in Word, the overwritten file can be gotten back without a

> conventional backup/restore. Can someone point me in the correct

> direction...?

> Thanks,

> Tom...

 

I'm not quite sure what you mean, but I'll take a whack at this.

 

W2003 has Volume Shadow Copy....this is essentially "snapshot" backups of

files & folders (enabled on a per drive basis) taken twice daily.

 

It has nothing to do with Office or Word or those file types specifically.

 

See whether

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Windows-Server-2003-Volume-Shadow-Copy-Service.html

helps clarify this. VSS is awesome. I never get phone calls about tape

restores now unless blue smoke is coming out of the back of the server.