As we have seen throughout the previous chapters, Exchange 2013 has made great improvements in terms of high availability and resilience, making it easier than ever to deploy highly available and redundant databases. But even the best forms of fault tolerance and redundancy cannot protect against disaster or failure. It is essential for every organization to ensure that there is sufficient and adequate protection for all Exchange critical data.

As part of any data protection plan, it is crucial to understand which methods can be used to protect data and to determine the best method to meet the needs of the organization. Data protection planning relies on numerous decisions made during the planning phase of an Exchange deployment, and it is a complex process.

To perform Exchange 2013 backups and restores, you need Exchange-aware software that supports the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) writer for Exchange 2013, such as System Center Data Protection...