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Microsoft has announced the Release Candidate for #DPM2010 is now available. Read Jason Buffingtons blog for details or just go get it!

I just heard from Jason Buffington, the System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) Sr. Technical Product Manager at Microsoft, that the release candidate for DPM 2010 is “baked” and should be available for download in the next couple of days. Who knows, maybe we’ll see a couple new products RTM at MMS this year.

Microsoft is poised to become VMware Inc.’s No. 1 competitor in the vitalisation space in 2008, according to a judge for the Data Protection category. Although Microsoft does not currently have the best data protection product on the market, SearchServerVirtualization.com judges selected Data Protection Manager 2007 for the Gold award in this category because it offers a vertical, end-to-end, managed solution for vitalisation deployments and because it’s the easiest to manage and integrate with existing data centre software.

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I came across a great TechNet article this morning on DPM. Laura Euler describes Microsoft’s use of DPM for data backup and provides a detailed explanation of the DPM architecture and end user file recovery.

Read the full article online at: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/08/DataProtectionManager/default.aspx

Michael Pietroforte, a German IT professional, describes his experiences with DPM and Veritas Backup Exec.

http://cydome.com/news/microsoft_data_protection_manager_dpm_and_veritas_backup_exec/trackback/

In this two-part series, Deb Shinder explains the process of installing and configuring DPM.

Part 1:
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing-Configuring-Microsoft-Data-Protection-Manager-Part1.html

Part 2:
http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Installing-Configuring-Microsoft-Data-Protection-Manager-Part2.html

Bill Boswell covers Microsoft’s DPM in his last column as Redmond says a fond farewell to its favorite Windows Insider.

http://www.redmondmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=1041

Network World provides a Clear Choice Test review of Data Protection Manager.

http://www.networkworld.com/reviews/2005/101705-dpm-test.html

Now that Data Protection Manager (DPM) is available, what can it do and what are its limitations? SearchStorage.com talked with a Microsoft DPM official to find out.

http://searchstorage.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid5_gci1129336,00.html

From ComputerWorld:

Disk-based storage can cut backup headaches and lets users recover data from active archives.

http://www.computerworld.com/industrytopics/smallenterprise/story/0,10801,109849,00.html