Windows Server Backup

Windows Server Backup is a component of Microsoft Windows. It is a file recovery tool for Windows Server operating systems and the server counterpart of Backup and Restore.

History
Windows Server Backup was introduced in Windows Server 2008 as the server replacement for NTBackup, which had previously been included in both client and server Windows versions. Unlike the client tool, which is bundled with Control Panel and has a separate management tool, Server Backup is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, and most of the options and management wizards are contained in the "Windows Server Backup Features" feature that can be installed through Server Manager. This feature also included a command-line tool that could be launched from Windows PowerShell to perform tasks via scripts on it. As with any other MMC snap-in, Server Backup's tasks could be located in the actions pane, and included wizards to schedule backups, create single ones, and restore files from them. Unlike the client tool, which has additional solutions to back up the system state, Server Backup can directly create and manage them.

Windows Server 2012 introduced Online Backup, which allows to create backups to the Windows Azure Online Backup (later renamed to Microsoft Azure Backup) online service and added a Start screen shortcut under the Windows Accessories → System Tools folder. While the one already present in the Administrative Tools folder has been kept, the newly added will always be shown by default.