I am always baffled by the constant ability of Microsoft to take something that was working very well and turn it upside down all in the name of trying to improve the product. The list is long so we won’t even bother. The latest in this list is the supposedly new and improved Windows Server Backup 2008. In my opinion, this is one of the most frustrating thing the company has done to small business owners in terms of backing up files. Don’t get me wrong, the concept behind the product makes sense – for those who can afford it. It has:

• Faster backup technology.
• Simplified restoration.
• Simplified recovery of your operating system.
• Ability to recover applications.
• Improved scheduling.
• Offsite removal of backups for disaster protection.
• Remote administration.
• Automatic disk usage management.
• Extensive command-line support.
• Support for optical media drives and removable media. (more…)