The backup software package designed for small and medium businesses - affordable, reliable and simple to use.

BackupAssist makes backups and data protection simple by performing automatic, scheduled backups of Windows Servers. With solutions for both local and Internet-based backup, the ability to back up everything from individual files to complete servers (including Active Directory, Exchange and SQL) – both physical and virtual – and support for a wide range of backup devices, BackupAssist is unmatched for its flexibility and versatility.

Now, with sales in 93 countries, BackupAssist is the preeminent backup software package of choice for thousands of businesses, schools, governments and non-profits.

BackupAssist makes backups and data protection simple by performing automatic, scheduled backups of Windows Servers. With solutions for both local and Internet-based backup, the ability to back up everything from individual files to complete servers (including Active Directory, Exchange and SQL) – both physical and virtual – and support for a wide range of backup devices, BackupAssist is unmatched for its flexibility and versatility. Now, with sales in 93 countries, BackupAssist is the preeminent backup software package of choice for thousands of businesses, schools, governments and non-profits.

Design Philosophy – simple, straightforward & "just-works"

With an emphasis on simplicity, BackupAssist cuts across the complexities involved in data protection. So simple to use that no certification is required!

Our philosophy is to offer an "out-of-the-box" backup strategy that "just-works" with your storage devices so you get a backup solution that is exceptionally simple – even for non-technical staff. And with our email reports, monitoring the ongoing health of your backups is easy.

Flexible levels of protection

Whether you're setting up your very first backup and need a basic solution, or you're looking for a comprehensive solution combining both local and Internet backups for disaster recovery, point-in-time versioning of files and near-continuous protection for SQL databases, BackupAssist can help!

Uses trusted, proven backup technologies

Instead of reinventing the wheel, BackupAssist builds upon the best available backup technologies – standards that are proven and widely supported. This means that your backups are readily accessible, unlike other backup software which may lock your data in proprietary formats, making it difficult or impossible to retrieve in the future.

It also means that you get effective data protection at a fraction of the price of the competitors' products, without compromising on quality!

Stay ahead of the latest Microsoft product innovations

At BackupAssist, we listen to our customer's requirements and respond by creating innovative solutions that help you maximize your investment in the latest business technologies. See our new solutions for:

• Hyper-V Backup
• Tape Drive Support on Windows Server 2008
• ZIP for business-class backups.

If you're looking for a backup software package that helps you easily set up, schedule and manage your backups without creating a complicated mess, even on the latest Microsoft Windows business products, then BackupAssist is the solution for you!

BackupAssist supports two types of Exchange Server backup:

Storage Group and Information store

Backup your entire Exchange Server Information Store database. Having a backup of your entire Exchange Information Store database allows you to perform a complete restore of your Exchange Server, including public folders; and best of all, the Information store backup capability comes absolutely free with your BackupAssist license.

Individual mailbox

With the Exchange Mailbox Add-on you can achieve brick-level backups of your Microsoft Exchange Server, including public folders. This allows for simple and rapid restoration of individual or group emails, calendars, tasks, notes, contacts or entire mailboxes

Backing up the Storage Groups and Information Stores

Using NTBackup, you can perform a streaming backup of Exchange Server 2000, 2003 and 2007. This is commonly known as an online backup as it can be done while the Exchange Server is still running. BackupAssist also supports native Exchange Server 2007 backup on Windows Server 2008 using Windows Server Backup.

Backing up Individual Mailboxes

Using our Exchange Mailbox engine, you can backup individual mailboxes for extra data protection.

Our Exchange Mailbox engine is so advanced that it will sort and group your emails by date range and allow you to store the emails as PST files for maximum compatibility.

Advanced options also exist for you to perform the backup in archive mode (where the original messages are deleted). If you combine this feature with the Journaling features in Exchange, you can achieve the capture of every incoming and outgoing email. This can be very useful in helping meet compliance needs.

How to restore Exchange Server

There are 3 different options available when restoring Exchange Server data:

1. Restoring entire storage groups.
   In the event of a major corruption or disaster, you can perform an online restore of your Exchange Server.
2. Restoring messages from a mailbox to Exchange.
   For minor restore jobs like restoring a full or part of a mailbox, you can either perform an online restore of your Exchange Server to a Recovery Storage Group and then use Exmerge to migrate across the relevant mailbox, or simply use Exmerge to restore directly from your Exchange Mailbox Backups.
3. Retrieving messages from a mailbox anywhere, at any time.
   Simply open your mailbox PST file on any computer with outlook installed, and drag-and-drop the relevant items to copy them back.

For the more advanced scenario of migrating an Exchange database to a new server, you also have the ability to forklift the Exchange databases from your file-backup of the Exchange data files.