Archive for May, 2009

When talking about SharePoint recovery you need to understand that there are multiple levels of recovery. For example, bulk or coarse-grained recovery, that is quite different from item, or fine-grained recovery.

Bulk SharePoint recovery is quite common and is provided by the leading backup products, including Microsoft’s DPM and NTBackup. But, item level SharePoint restore is another matter to consider.

The benefits of email archiving are storage management, retention and legal discovery.

It is highly likely that you are already using an archiving solution for Microsoft Exchange and perhaps you also archive your network files shares. But, have you considered the benefits of archiving for SharePoint?

SharePoint is natural application to manage file sharing, collaboration and content sharing. With the introduction of MOSS 2007, its popularity has grown rapidly.

Many of you are still running Exchange 2003 and it is working just fine. Exchange 2007 is the current active release and Exchange 2010 will be released the end of 2009, according to Microsoft.

The question for many of you is whether or not you should upgrade to Exchange 2007, or simply wait and upgrade directly to Exchange 2010 skipping Exchange 2007 altogether.

Since Mimosa launched NearPoint for SharePoint, an integrated SharePoint archiving and recovery solution, we’ve been talking to many prospects about requirements for their SharePoint initiatives. 

As prospects view our product demonstration, one feature keeps on “wowing” them. 

It’s the fact that as part of NearPoint for SharePoint’s recovery capabilties, it is possible to restore an individual item with full-fidelity – for example, being able to bring back a deleted document and bring it back with all workflow history and task associated with it. 

I will be hosting a Bird of a Feather roundtable next week during Teched in Los Angeles, CA .. and it might be nice to meet you if you are going.

BOF02 Regulatory Compliance, Archiving, and Electronic Discovery with Microsoft Exchange Server
Mon 5/11 | 2:45 PM-4:00 PM | Room 501A

Birds-of-a-Feather, Microsoft® Exchange Server

When looking at eDiscovery preparedness, most companies look at their SharePoint, Windows File System and Exchange email systems as the main target of eDiscovery requests. There is another data type that companies need to consider when planning their eDiscovery processes.