Planning to Protect User Data

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Windows Server 2003 provides new features that allow you to automate protecting and recovering user data. Most notably, using shadow copies provides a high level of user data protection, and also frees administrators or help desk personnel from dealing with user requests to restore single files. You will also want to consider including folder redirection in your data protection plan. The process of planning to protect user data is shown in Figure 1.8.

Figure 1.8   Planning to Protect User Data