We’re excited to introduce a powerful new feature in our MSP Control mobile app — remote access from your mobile device. Now, you can seamlessly connect to any endpoint added to the web console remotely, no matter where you are, directly from your iOS or Android device. Whether you need to troubleshoot issues, perform maintenance, or simply check on a device, remote access is now at your fingertips. Continue reading
MSP360 Backup 6.0: S3 Intelligent-Tiering and Direct Glacier Upload
MSP360 Backup 6.0 brings two notable improvements to S3 backup — direct upload to Glacier and support for Amazon's latest Intelligent storage tier.
Storage-Specific Retention Policy in Hybrid Backup in MSP360 Backup
One of the new features in MSP360 Backup 6.0 is the ability to configure an individual retention policy for each storage of a Hybrid Backup plan.
Purchasing Maintenance Inside MSP360 Backup 6.0
MSP360 Backup receives another major update — release 6.0 — which brings you the ability to purchase maintenance right within the app.
Backing Up SQL Server Databases to Amazon S3
If you run Microsoft SQL Server, you may wish to back up your databases to a cloud like Amazon Web Services (AWS). Doing so not only provides you with a virtually infinite amount of backup storage space in the cloud, but it can also make recovery easy in cases where you decide to restore your database using a cloud-based server.
In this article, we explain the main options available to backup SQL Server to Amazon S3. In particular, we’ll discuss backing up your data manually from a SQL Server database into S3, backing up data to AWS RDS and, finally, how to perform an image-based backup with the help of MSP360 Backup.
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Introducing MSP360 Backup 2.8 for macOS & Linux
This release of MSP360 Backup for macOS & Linux adds the long-awaited Detailed Report feature and also supports the latest changes of the Windows version for continued compatibility between the versions. Continue reading
Introducing MSP360 Backup 2.7 for macOS & Linux
Cloud services providers roll out updates frequently these days. This release of MSP360 Backup for macOS & Linux brings it up to date, along with improving its performance and UX. Continue reading
How to Create a Bootable USB for Windows Server
Bootable USB is a backup media that allows recovering image-based backups on machines with no operating system. (That technique is called bare-metal recovery.) This article provides instructions on how to create a bootable USB drive with MSP360 Backup (now MSP360 Backup) for Windows Server and applies to Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2, 2012 / 2012 R2, 2016 and 2019.
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SQL Server Database Backup with MSP360
To keep your Microsoft SQL Server databases safe, you need to back them up. Today, it is considered a best practice to have at least two backup copies of all of your data, one on-site and one off-site.
In this article, we will demonstrate how MSP360 Backup can provide both on-site and off-site SQL database backups by backing up data to both local storage and cloud storage, and how to backup a database in SQL Server.
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SQL Server Database Restore with MSP360
MSP360 Backup supports backup and restore of Microsoft SQL Server databases. The product integrates with Microsoft SQL Server's built-in backup and restore mechanisms, provides SQL Server compression, and offers flexible scheduling, among a range of other useful options.
In this article, we’ll discuss how to restore SQL Server databases using MSP360’s solution. For instructions on the backup process, please refer to our article “SQL Server Database Backup.”
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Introducing MSP360 Backup Admin 1.1 for iOS
It's been almost three months since we have released MSP360 Backup Admin for iOS which lets MBS providers track their user's backup activity. We've received great feedback so far and today we're excited to bring you the first update to the app — release 1.1.
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Introducing MSP360 Connect (Formerly Remote Desktop) 2.0
A year and a half after the initial release, MSP360 Connect receives its first major update. In release 2.0, we're bringing you the highly-anticipated direct connection option as well as several other features and improvements.